The aftermath of eviction in the Nigerian informal economy.

This article examines the mechanisms through which street traders claim and maintain access to urban space in the aftermath of eviction – a phenomenon that affects poor urban workers across the global South. Whilst much is known about the immediate impacts of evictions, there has been limited consid...

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Publicado en:International Development Planning Review Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 107 - 129
Autores principales: Omoegun, Ademola O., Mackie, Peter, Brown, Alison
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Publicado: Liverpool University Press / Journals 2019
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        affil: Ademola Omoegun is an Urban Studies Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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      ab: This article examines the mechanisms through which street traders claim and maintain access to urban space in the aftermath of eviction – a phenomenon that affects poor urban workers across the global South. Whilst much is known about the immediate impacts of evictions, there has been limited consideration of the post-eviction, longer-term responses of traders. Drawing on primary research in Lagos, Nigeria, this article analyses street trader responses to eviction, with a focus on their strategies for claiming access to space. The study highlights the importance of both individual and collective actions in re-establishing a foothold in public space. However, maintaining access to public space proved to be more problematic, with collective action severely diminished through the co-option of trader associations by urban authorities. This new knowledge has the potential to strengthen the resilience of traders to future evictions and their potentially devastating impacts.
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