Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers, to study the remarkable "System D," the world's unlicensed economic network. Responsible for some 1.8 billion jobs, it's an economy of underappreciated power and scope.
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Toward Zero Waste: Mumbai's Informal Recycling Economy | Sustainable Cities Collective - 1 views
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Mumbai’s rapid growth, high density, and sheer size present significant challenges for its waste management system. The enormous quantity of waste generated in the city makes large-scale, technologically driven “solutions” tempting. However, the opposite approach—a highly decentralized, people-powered model of waste management—has proven successful
Ecumene - Geography Portal - 2 views
NY Times, Primary Elections, Anti Urban Bias - 0 views
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Example of American anti-urban bias using Presidential primaries.
Exploring the economics of gentrification | Marketplace.org - 2 views
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A week long exploration of Gentrification in Northern LA. This is the landing page, you can the links from here. The radio story is worth the 4 mins listen.
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