| dc.contributor.author |
Chen, Martha |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2016-10-31T18:29:25Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2016-10-31T18:29:25Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2016 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10162 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"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?" |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
informality |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
livelihoods |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Managing the Urban Commons: What Space for Informal Livelihoods? What Role for Organizations of Informal Workers? |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Conference Paper |
en_US |
| dc.type.published |
unpublished |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Urban Commons |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationconference |
Informality and Development: A Conference in Honor of Elinor Ostrom |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationconfdates |
October 22-23 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationconfloc |
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
en_US |