For the first time in human history more people now live and towns and cities than in rural areas. In the wealthier countries of the world, the transition from

Michael Porter has argued that a sustainable economic base can be created in the inner city only if it has been created elsewhere: through private, for-profit,

This is compounded by the lack of voice and influence that low income groups have in these official spheres.

In a squatter neighbourhood of Nairobi (Kenya), sexual division of labour in the informal sector is examined. Five categories of neighbourhood iinformal sector