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This chapter focuses on the economic aspects in which the "urban spatially mobile populations" are involved and that are directly related with their home spaces . Exploring the economic resources families and their members can draw upon to acquire, construct, modify and maintain their home spaces we aim to understand the way economic production and social reproduction are linked creating unique urban spaces and urban lives. The empirical data shows that the economic resources available to each family varied according to the diversity of sources and the ways these resources are mobilized. Research on work and economic strategies of peri-urban Maputo families explain this diversity in terms of the characteristics of the families themselves and other characteristics related with the resources available and with the ability to mobilize, defend, maintain and transform these resources into income, dignity, power and sustainability. Keywords: economic production; home spaces ; Maputo; social reproduction; urban spaces |
