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, 2017 This paper describes the evolution, dynamics and challenges of SMEs in Zambia’s informal economy. It also investigates the various government initiatives towards the promotion and development of Small-Scale Enterprises and their associated challenges ...
Mubita Aurick +4 more
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EchoGéo, 2019 The aim of this paper is to define the scope and an initial agenda for a critical geography of urban food collecting. It provides an overview of a multidisciplinary literature regarding patterns of foraging and scavenging to develop a theoretical ...
Flaminia Paddeu
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Déchets, mauvaises herbes et plantes sauvages
EchoGéo, 2019 The aim of this paper is to define the scope and an initial agenda for a critical geography of urban food collecting. It provides an overview of a multidisciplinary literature regarding patterns of foraging and scavenging to develop a theoretical ...
Flaminia Paddeu
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An ethnography of a neighbourhood café: informality, table arrangements and background noise [PDF]
, 2001 Café society is something that many of us as customers and/or social theorists take for granted. Cafés are places where we are not simply served hot beverages but are also in some way partaking of a specific form of public life.
Buckner, K., Laurier, E., Whyte, A.
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Self-employment, wage employment and informality in a developing economy [PDF]
, 2014 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.We construct a simple model incorporating various urban labour market phenomena obtaining in developing economies, and we give a diagrammatic formulation of the market ...
Bennett, J, Rablen, M
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Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2015 Contemporary and future cities are often labeled as "smart cities," "ubiquitous cities," "knowledge cities" and "creative cities." Informational urbanism includes all aspects of information and knowledge with regard to urban regions. "Informational city" is an umbrella term uniting the divergent trends of information-related city research ...
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Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2020 Despite a growing number of recent Discard Studies looking at waste circulation and its implications in urban contexts, they have not sufficiently addressed the links they have with State Governance and Informality.
Anna Karin GIANNOTTA
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Commoning Public Spaces Towards Inclusive Urbanism in Ghana
International Journal of the CommonsPublic spaces in sub-Saharan African cities are undergoing redevelopment, which results in the displacement of informal workers. Despite statutory rule, customary laws still play a role in land use.
Philipa Birago Akuoko, Samuel Agyekum
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Towards an Indicator-Based Morphological Informality Model for Sub-Saharan Africa Using Open Building Footprint and Road Data (Version 1) [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesThis study addresses the challenge of accurately mapping informal settlements, which are home to over a billion people globally. Current maps often simplify these areas into binary categories, ignoring the nuanced dimensions of deprivation.
S. Hafner +16 more
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Urban, Planning and Transport ResearchThis paper systematically reviews scholarly literature on informal settlements in peri-urban areas, with a focus on the interplay of socio-economic, environmental, governance, and built environment factors contributing to their emergence and persistence.
Temitope Olufolahan Olaniran +1 more
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