Six cities of the informal sector—and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12714136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yonn Dierwechter (0000-0001-8998-3717, University of Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-40 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Development Planning Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-6743 • E-ISSN: 1478-3401 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/idpr.24.1.2 |
| OpenAlex | W2108220090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article discusses a corpus of scholarship that directly links spatial theorisation, informal sector dynamics and planning practice. Six cities of the informal sector are mapped. While respectful of the many insights gleaned from these cities, the main argument is that we need less theoretically fragmented and more empirically persuasive accounts of the urban informal sector. One possible route to such accounts, it is further suggested, is to begin to chart the geographies of what Bingham and Thrift call the 'full world
Argument (complex analysis · Chart · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Informal education · Informal sector · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |