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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Informal trading"”.
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Space, place and belonging: informal trading in and around Congolenses market, Luanda, Angola
… explores the interplay between government, informal street traders and the public in and around the Congolenses marketplace in Luanda, Angola. The nation was ravaged by 27 years of civil war until 2002. During this time, most of the city made use of extensive systems of informal provisioning …
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Urban Planning principles as mechanisms for improving informal trading opportunities: A case study of inner-city Johannesburg
… city of Johannesburg presents a high number of informal traders who seek to make use of urban public space in their livelihood strategies. However, the forces driving the performance of informal traders have not led to positive development of opportunities for traders. Operation Clean Sweep in …
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Protecting livelihoods? : a study of informal traders at Mitchell's Plain town centre market
The implementation of a new citywide Informal Trading By-law and a permit system for registering traders left over 200 traders without a space to trade. Using multiple qualitative research methods, document review, interviews, photography and observation, this study seeks to highlight the …
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The Integrated Development Plan as a strategy to employer informal traders: the case of Thohoyandou
… Development Plan as a strategy to empower informal traders using Thohoyandou as the case study. The study was conducted at Thulamela Municipality and at the informal markets of Thohoyandou. The researcher used two population groups; the municipal officials and the informal traders. The …
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The extent to which female informal traders participate in the local economic development (LED) programme at Umhlathuze local municipality, Kwazulu-Natal province
Employment in the informal sector is on the increase in various regions of the world. There are more women than men in the informal sector and there are several explanations for this basic fact. Among other factors is that the informal sector is the primary source of employment for women in many …
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The right to a 'world class city'?: street trading, public space and urban governance in the Cape Town city centre
There is a long history of street trading restriction in South Africa, and the relocation of traders from key public spaces in Cape Town, in connection with renovation and construction for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, highlighted the contested nature of street trading in the Cape Town city centre. The …
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Conviviality in Bellville: an ethnography of space, place, mobility and being
… from Cape Town, and a prominent destination for informal trading, shop keeping, and other ad hoc livelihoods. Understanding the emergence of conviviality and the forms it takes in this particular locality lies at the heart of this thesis. I argue that conviviality emerges out of shared …
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Re-Connecting: a redevelopment of the Wynberg Precinct
… has consequently generated the opportunities for informal traders - street traders - to appropriate open spaces and street edges within the precinct to develop their micro enterprises. Associated together, the transport interchange, the street traders and commuters, had overtime shaped the …
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The point of crossing: Intensifying place on Voortrekker Road
… reach. This network is currently a very popular informal trading area. Trade is focused within a narrow strip, called Station Arcade, a pedestrian link from Voortrekker Road to the station. The area to the north of Voortrekker Road lacks the vibrant activity, generated within the commercial zone …
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Multidimensional lack of financial inclusion: the case for agrarian value chain finance institutions in rural Eastern Cape
… operations, mainly in rural dwellings, within an informal trading context. The study found a composition of informal and formally composed smallholder farmers that operate within and outside of value chains. Generally, smallholder farmers that operate independently (outside of value chain …
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MAIDAKUTIBVISA - Developing networks of permanence and impermanence within Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe, through the preservation and adaptation of informal infrastructure.
… issue of dilapidated infrastructure within the informal trading network of Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe and the informal markets that exist there. This issue of dilapidated and inad - equate infrastructure comes as a hindrance to the struc - tures and spaces that vendors occupy and rely on to make a …
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A situational and land use analysis of Local Economic Development in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal: perspectives, problems and prospects
… government with little commerce and some informal trading. The theoretical framework of the study is based on theories of local economic development (LED) that are established within the framework of communal participation in integrated development plan (IDP). The aim of the study is to …
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Development of an environmental health profile: Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, Namibia (June 1996)
… resulting in crowding and the increase of informal settlements. Social problems include poverty, unemployment, tuberculosis, AIDS, crime and alcoholism; Environmental hazards such as water and odour pollution are not adequately addressed and waste and litter creates breeding sites for …
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Development of an environmental health profile: Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, Namibia (June 1996)
… resulting in crowding and the increase of informal settlements. Social problems include poverty, unemployment, tuberculosis, AIDS, crime and alcoholism; Environmental hazards such as water and odour pollution are not adequately addressed and waste and litter creates breeding sites for …
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Sites of migrant landing: (un)braiding topographies of relations across hair salons in Mowbray
… migrant women. Going beyond characterisations as informal trading spaces, a porous infrastructural analysis can be deployed to engage with the African hair salon as a spatial node that forefronts African women's place making in the city. The methodology for this research includes ethnographic …
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The origin, growth and future of the borough of Isiphingo with special reference for Environmental Management
… by traffic congestion, environmental pollution, informal trading and general urban decay. This is associated with the degeneration of Isipingo into a third world town. The quality of life of residents has deteriorated, and there is a substantial exodus of old residents associated with the …
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Recalibrating mobility and access towards spatial justice in Lilongwe
… transport system, and most residents rely on informal (para)transit options such as minibuses and motorcycle taxis. The informal transit options are unscheduled, usually operate beyond the carrying capacity of the vehicles used, and appropriate street public space for pick-up and drop-off …