Street vendors, their contested spaces, and the policy environment: A view from Caloócan, Metro Manila
College
Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business
Department/Unit
Economics
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Environment and Urbanization ASIA
Volume
4
Issue
1
First Page
173
Last Page
190
Publication Date
12-17-2013
Abstract
In developing states of Southeast Asia, street vendors play a significant but frequently unappreciated role in both the vibrancy of public spaces as well as the informal economy. Yet, they are subject to indiscriminate purges from sidewalks and other contested territories, which they occupy for lack of provision of spaces in which they could otherwise do business. But such occurrences, and the conflicts that may follow, can be addressed by revisiting policies, which seem anti-vendor or which fail to comprehend their presence and needs. This research studied street vendors of one of the active commuter interchanges of Metro Manila, the Monumento Station area in Caloócan City, framing their needs, issues and aspirations against existing laws. Simultaneously examined were typical uses of shifting, often contested stretches of roads, corners, and easements where hawkers, among other users, daily negotiate a claim to the city's space. © 2013 National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).
html
Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1177/0975425313477760
Recommended Citation
Recio, R. B., & Gomez, J. A. (2013). Street vendors, their contested spaces, and the policy environment: A view from Caloócan, Metro Manila. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 4 (1), 173-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0975425313477760
Disciplines
Economics | Public Policy
Keywords
Street vendors--Philippines--Caloocan City; Informal sector (Economics)--Philippines--Caloocan City; Caloocan City (Philippines)--Economic conditions; Urban policy--Philippines--Caloocan City
Upload File
wf_no