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Waste in the urban margins: The example of Delhi’s waste pickers
(Routledge, 2020-05-06)
One important aspect of sustainability involves the flows of materials and energy, extracted, consumed, transformed and disposed of in the functioning of urban societies, which makes it directly linked to the ‘nested’ ...
Moving Violations: Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019-07-16)
Regulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In Moving Violations, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary to popular opinion, these restrictions have not hindered technological change. Rather, by ...
Gender, culture and entrepreneurship in Kenya
(International Business Research, 2012)
This study looked into how different cultural factors affect gender involvement in entrepreneurship in a multi-ethnic
country, Kenya. A majority of previous similar studies have been done in Western, developed societies ...
EFFECTIVENESS OF MARKETING STRATEGIES ON ENHANCING CULTURAL TOURISM: A CASE STUDY ON TABAKA SOAPSTONE CARVINGS IN KISII REGION, KENYA
(EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR), 2020)
Cultural Tourism is a growing phenomenon around the world. In Kenya, cultural tourism represents an important part of the
tourism sector and largely depends on cultural heritage assets such as traditions, artifacts, and ...
Under the Historian’s Radar: Local Water Supply Practices in Nairobi, 1940-198Under the Historian’s Radar: Local Water Supply Practices in Nairobi, 1940-198
(Water AlternativesWater Alternatives, 2020)
By presenting oral history material from two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, the article
illustrates how inhabitants during the period 1940 to 1980 acquired and used water on a daily basis. The authors’
observations ...
Confiner les marges, marginaliser les confins: la souffrance des oubliés du lockdown dans les villes indiennes
(Pôle de recherche pour l'organisation et la diffusion de l'information géographique (CNRS UMR 8586), 2020-05-14)
En Inde, le 24 mars 2020 à 20h00, l’annonce soudaine par le Premier Ministre de la mise en place d’un confinement 4 heures plus tard a provoqué une forte panique parmi les populations déshérités. Les images dramatiques de ...