
Contested Space
Street Trading, Public Space, and Livelihoods in Developing Countries
Alison Brown(Author)
Practical Action Publishing
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-1-85339-630-4 (ISBN)
Description
The importance of public space in supporting city economies and in contributing to poverty reduction is rarely recognized. Instead, public space is more often an arena for contest - between municipal governments or other vested interests, and street traders, whose activities are proscribed by restrictive social norms, ambiguous legal status, street violence, or an official response that vacillates between indifference and eviction. Based on a research study in four developing cities - Dar Es Salaam, Kumasi, Maseru, and Kathmandu - Contested Space explores the survival strategies of street traders and their relationships with city governments, and examines the practical and policy implications for pro-poor street management. This is essential reading for all those interested in innovative city governance, for planners, NGOs, students, academics, and practitioners in Development Studies and Urban Development.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Rugby
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
22 Halftones, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85339-630-4 (9781853396304)
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Person
Alison Brown is a Senior Lecturer in the School of City & Regional Planning at Cardiff University, and an urban planning consultant with a specialism in international planning practice. She is course director for the MSc International Planning & Development. She has recently managed a DFID-funded study on street trading and livelihoods on which the book is based.