Theme: Access to Public Space

Contested Space: Street Trading, Public Space, and Livelihoods in Developing Cities

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Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Chapter 6 – Conclusion

Informal Employment and Development: Patterns of Inclusion and ExclusionThe European Journal of Development Research

At present, there is renewed interest in the informal economy worldwide. This renewed interest has rekindled some of the old debates about...

Including the Excluded: Supporting Informal Workers for More Equal and Productive Cities in the Global South

This World Resources Institute (WRI) paper examines the challenges facing the world’s urban informal workers and the barriers that exclusionary...

Wasted Citizenship: Reclaimers and the Privatised Expansion of the Public Sphere

Dakar, Senegal: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.

Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...

Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade

Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.

If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok