Research: The Case of Urban Informality in the UAE
The Case of Urban Informality in the UAE The trash in Everest is second news, this has to be the first. I had written a report while at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, London) for one of my assignment and it seems that this matter seems more relevant than ever. While my area of research was in Sonapur, Dubai, the same type of framework applies. Long story short, Arab nations in hopes to boost their visibility and utilise their newly acquired power from oil in the global stages are exploiting workers of third world countries. Since the original work was purely academic, I will make this as user-friendly as possible. This article considers urban informality as a new way of life. Especially with a focus on labour migrants’ workers in the hot, humid and inhumane working conditions. Question: What is urban informality? Informality is the opposite of formal or formality and with this thinking it falls usually outside of state apparatus leading to ...