Omoegun, Ademola O., MacKie, Peter  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1494-0864 and Brown, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-4700
2019.
The aftermath of eviction in the Nigerian informal economy.
International Development Planning Review
41
(1)
, pp. 107-128.
10.3828/idpr.2018.30
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| ISSN: | 1474-6743 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 29 August 2018 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 25 August 2018 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2024 18:00 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/114478 |
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