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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Chen, Martha |
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Conference:
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Informality and Development: A Conference in Honor of Elinor Ostrom |
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Location:
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Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
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Conf. Date:
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October 22-23 |
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Date:
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2016 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10162
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Sector:
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Urban Commons |
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Subject(s):
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informality
livelihoods
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Abstract:
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"In this paper, I examine the management of two quite different types of 'urban commons' - public space and waste - drawing theoretically on the writings of Elinor Ostrom and other social scientists and empirically on my practical experience with organizations of street vendors and waste pickers. On a daily basis, in cities around the world, street vendors and waste pickers face being evicted from or denied access to the public resources that are critical to their livelihoods: public space from which to vend in the case of street vendors; waste (garbage or trash) to collect, sort and recycle in the case of waste pickers. This raises a key core question regarding how best to manage the urban commons: best for whom and for what uses?"
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