GS212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neoliberalism, Informal Sector
Document Summary
Definition of urbanization: a change in population from one that is predominantly agricultural to one that is concentrated in dense settlements characterized by industrial and service activities. Challenges of sustainable development: the slums how do you deal with them, vulnerability of climate change should the poor be uprooted. Key issues in cities in the global south: access to affordable and safe housing. Growing number of slums: access to infrastructure (water, sanitation, electricity, access to formal work, access to food, having a right" to participate in urban planning, large inequalities between the rich and the poor. Indonesia: the youth unemployment rate in indonesia is estimated to be. 25-30: in indonesia, it is estimates that more than 50% of the general labour force is working in the informal economy, of the total employment in yogyakarta (region) in 2009, nine in 10 jobs (89%) were informal. This is equivalent to 2. 3 million jobs undertaken with informal arrangements.
