TY - JOUR
T1 - Accommodating the informal sector
T2 - A strategy for urban environmental management
AU - Perera, L. A.S.R.
AU - Amin, A. T.M.N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is based on the doctoral dissertation research of the ®rst author. The authors wish to acknowledge support of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok and the United States Agency for International Development, New Delhi office for funding the ®eld work in Colombo.
PY - 1996/1
Y1 - 1996/1
N2 - Livelihoods of the urban poor, particularly the informal economic activities operating on streets and other public places, are usually seen as undesirable for environmental management by urban authorities which are preoccupied with keeping their cities clean. Hence, informal sector activities are often seen as 'eye-sores' and are evicted from city centers in the name of 'public cleanliness and orderliness'. However, it is seen that environmental problems associated with the informal sector are mostly manifestations of unresponsive physical planning systems rather than attributes inherent to the sector's respective activities. An environmental impact analysis shows that provision of proper business premises to informal enterprises is an effective measure to curb the environmental problems associated with the sector. From this viewpoint, accommodating the informal sector in the urban built-environment is seen as an effective strategy for urban environmental management.
AB - Livelihoods of the urban poor, particularly the informal economic activities operating on streets and other public places, are usually seen as undesirable for environmental management by urban authorities which are preoccupied with keeping their cities clean. Hence, informal sector activities are often seen as 'eye-sores' and are evicted from city centers in the name of 'public cleanliness and orderliness'. However, it is seen that environmental problems associated with the informal sector are mostly manifestations of unresponsive physical planning systems rather than attributes inherent to the sector's respective activities. An environmental impact analysis shows that provision of proper business premises to informal enterprises is an effective measure to curb the environmental problems associated with the sector. From this viewpoint, accommodating the informal sector in the urban built-environment is seen as an effective strategy for urban environmental management.
KW - Accommodation
KW - Informal sector
KW - Urban environmental management
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U2 - 10.1006/jema.1996.0002
DO - 10.1006/jema.1996.0002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0029667915
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 46
SP - 3
EP - 15
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
IS - 1
ER -