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One of the entry points to San Roque, with a makeshift guard shelter on the left. Kim Dovey

June 9, 2020

‘Forced’ evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door

Redento B. Recio, The University of Melbourne; Crystal Legacy, The University of Melbourne, and Kim Dovey, The University of Melbourne

Besides battling the coronavirus pandemic, San Roque residents have long been locked in a bigger struggle for their very survival as a community in the face of home demolitions and relocations.

Residents of Cagayan de Oro survey what’s left of their homes the day after Typhoon Washi hit the Philippines in 2011.

May 14, 2020

Rebuilding from disaster: it doesn’t end when housing aid projects finish

Sandra Carrasco, The University of Melbourne; Neeraj Dangol, The University of Melbourne, and Redento B. Recio, The University of Melbourne

Months after Typhoon Washi tore through the Philippines in 2011, relocated residents were moving into newly built housing. They soon began modifying and extending homes that didn’t meet their needs.

While street vendors work in plain sight, they are “off the map” in the eyes of city officials and planners. Redento Recio

February 28, 2019

Street vendors’ self‑help strategies highlight cities’ neglect of how the other half survive

Redento B. Recio, The University of Melbourne

Street vendors are the most visible of the people who work in the informal sector – up to half the urban workforce in cities like Manila – but whose needs and rights receive no official recognition.

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‘Forced’ evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door

Rebuilding from disaster: it doesn’t end when housing aid projects finish

Street vendors’ self‑help strategies highlight cities’ neglect of how the other half survive

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