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14 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.5296
- eisbn: 9791036549779
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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développement urbain urbanisme crise urbaine planification urbaine métropole town planning urban crisis urban development Urban Studies History HIS017000 POL002000 HBJF RPCSujets proches
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Emmanuel Romatet, « Addendum E. A Case Study of the Informal Sector », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.5296
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With 70,000 inhabitants packed on a roughly square area of half a square kilometre, right in the heart of Howrah, between a major railway line and the busy Great Trunk Road, Pilkhana is one of the largest bustees of the Calcutta Metropolitan District. A residential area, Pilkhana is also a place —as are most bustees— of intense economic activity: a heaven of small industrial units of the informal sector, most of them light engineering workshops. Such small units are not always viable, they ar...