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The Urban Informal Sector is a collection of papers presented at a multi-disciplinary conference on """"The urban informal sector in the Third World,"""" organized by the Developing Areas Study Group of the Institute of British Geographers in London on March 19, 1977. Contributors offer critical perspectives on the urban informal sector, with emphasis on employment and housing policies. Topics covered range from general reviews and national case studies to detailed studies of particular occupations in individual cities. This book is comprised of 12 chapters and begins by reviewing the relevanc

The Urban Informal Sector is a collection of papers presented at a multi-disciplinary conference on """"The urban informal sector in the Third World, """" organized by the Developing Areas Study Group of the Institute of British Geographers in London on March 19, 1977. Contributors offer critical perspectives on the urban informal sector, with emphasis on employment and housing policies. Topics covered range from general reviews and national case studies to detailed studies of particular occupations in individual cities. This book is comprised of 12 chapters and begins by reviewing the relevanc.

AbstractThis article discusses the history of the idea of social planning, and of the pioneering Masters Programme in Social Planning established at the University of Wales Swansea in 1973. Swansea's initiative in social planning led to the creation of the University's Centre for Development Studies (CDS), and it broadened development studies as an academic and policy field. Social planning is a controversial term because it has sometimes been associated with social engineering and totalitarianism. Nevertheless, it has a very important intellectual and policy agenda, and if the word 'planning' proves a liability it can be replaced by 'policy' or 'strategy'. The major questions reviewed at CDS‐Swansea in the 1970s are still pertinent, and new dimensions have been added through growing concerns for nation‐building, sustainability, democracy, gender equity and human rights. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Provide a general contemporary overview of street vending around the world, focusing on the major issues underlying its permanence as a phenomenon, and the ambivalent attitudes displayed towards it by governments and off‐street business communities. Focuses on street vendors as an occupational group ad includes arguments for and against their existence, the impact of their geographical and economic location, and role of the government.

The globalization literature on New York and other metropolises has focused mainly on control centers of the world system, typically located in central business districts, edge cities, transportation hubs, technology parks, and exclusive residential areas. The remainder of the metropolis is often depicted as just a source of labor power and consumers. Taking the case of CB-Six, a bureaucratically defined locality and low-income residential area in the Bronx, this article reviews the global dimensions of local history in the outer boroughs of New York City. Local and global issues are tightly interwoven through the changing numbers and origins of immigrants and through the impact of world wars, economic crises, and restructuring. The locality affects the world through its real and fictional roles in popular entertainment and through the missions of Fordham University, the Bronx Zoo, the Botanical Garden, and such bygone institutions as the Home for Incurables and the Starlight Amusement Park. Glory or notoriety could have resulted from silent movies, political assassination, soap opera, mass murder, or music and movie stars, but CB-Six never reached the Hall of Fame!

Taking the case of CB-Six, a bureaucratically defined locality & low-income residential area in the Bronx, New York City, global dimensions of local history in the outer boroughs are examined. Local & global issues are tightly interwoven through the changing numbers & origins of immigrants & the impact of world wars, economic crises, & restructuring. Locality affects the world through its real & fictional roles in popular entertainment & through the missions of extant & bygone institutions. Adapted from the source document.

The beggar-donor relationship raises a wide range of social and moral issues, and the study of begging can provide an interesting perspective on social structure and the impact of social welfare policies. This article discusses these issues by analyzing the practice of begging in the city of Cali, Colombia, by reviewing the portrayals of begging in the local press, by presenting six case studies of individual beggars, and by discussing the roles and functioning of the various social welfare institutions which receive beggars. The numerical significance and level of organization of begging are usually exaggerated in the local press and other communications media, and the sensationalized popular image of begging is used to justify repressive policies towards beggars. Contrary to such images, begging is shown to be relatively small-scale and atomistic, and beggars are generally severely disadvantaged and usually have very low incomes. The institutional res ponse to beggars' problems is very inadequate, with a strong concentration on simply 'storing' people to keep them off the streets, rather than on any effective preventative or rehabilitative measures. The idea, prevalent among Cali's elites, that 'begging is a serious problem' is criticized. The problem is not begging, but rather the poverty, extreme inequality and inadequate social provision of which begging is merely one of many superficial manifestations.