Nathan Salvidge
Biographic Data
| ID | 5226144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Salvidge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Salvidge |
| SIGNATURE | SALVIDGE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9716-5156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A hundred ways to get flooded
Flood early warning systems have improved considerably in hazard detection, forecasting, and warning dissemination, yet a persistent gap between warning availability and protective action remains. This paper examines how flood warning information leads to action in municipal preparedness and early response, asking why municipalities act differently when operating within the same system. Drawing on a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 46 municip…
Histories of future-makers
Although the opportunities and challenges of the informal sector have received much attention in recent decades, understanding how the characteristics of informal work intersect with and shape youths’ imagined futures remains understudied. Addressing this gap is crucial, given region-specific increases in the number of youth entering the urban informal sector, particularly across sub-Saharan Africa. This paper focuses on in-depth ethnographic res…
‘Things have changed since we last spoke…’
While an increasing number of studies concerning youth and informality have examined the complex relationship between youth, informal work and transitions to adulthood, this literature has paid little attention to how the death of a family member presents distinctive challenges to young vendors' life and livelihood progression. Addressing this, the paper draws on a case study of a small‐scale informal worker in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who was pa…
Reflections on using mobile GPS with young informal vendors in urban Tanzania
This paper will explore how mobile‐based GPS methods can advance insights into young itinerant vendors' informal livelihood mobilities. It examines the practicalities of using a GPS‐based method in a Majority World context whilst also discussing the merits of combining this approach with mobile methods. The ethical issues of using GPS technology ‘on the move’, and the impact that my presence had whilst I accompanied participants, is also discusse…
Reflections on using mobile GPS with young informal vendors in urban Tanzania
This paper will explore how mobile‐based GPS methods can advance insights into young itinerant vendors' informal livelihood mobilities. It examines the practicalities of using a GPS‐based method in a Majority World context whilst also discussing the merits of combining this approach with mobile methods. The ethical issues of using GPS technology ‘on the move’, and the impact that my presence had whilst I accompanied participants, is also discusse…
Reflections on using mobile GPS with young informal vendors in urban Tanzania
This paper will explore how mobile‐based GPS methods can advance insights into young itinerant vendors' informal livelihood mobilities. It examines the practicalities of using a GPS‐based method in a Majority World context whilst also discussing the merits of combining this approach with mobile methods. The ethical issues of using GPS technology ‘on the move’, and the impact that my presence had whilst I accompanied participants, is also discusse…
‘Things have changed since we last spoke…’
While an increasing number of studies concerning youth and informality have examined the complex relationship between youth, informal work and transitions to adulthood, this literature has paid little attention to how the death of a family member presents distinctive challenges to young vendors' life and livelihood progression. Addressing this, the paper draws on a case study of a small‐scale informal worker in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who was pa…
Histories of future-makers
Although the opportunities and challenges of the informal sector have received much attention in recent decades, understanding how the characteristics of informal work intersect with and shape youths’ imagined futures remains understudied. Addressing this gap is crucial, given region-specific increases in the number of youth entering the urban informal sector, particularly across sub-Saharan Africa. This paper focuses on in-depth ethnographic res…
A hundred ways to get flooded
Flood early warning systems have improved considerably in hazard detection, forecasting, and warning dissemination, yet a persistent gap between warning availability and protective action remains. This paper examines how flood warning information leads to action in municipal preparedness and early response, asking why municipalities act differently when operating within the same system. Drawing on a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 46 municip…
Livelihood (3 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Tanzania (2 works) · Timeline (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (1 work)