Contested Space: Street Trading, Public Space, And Livelihoods in Developing Cities - Couverture souple

Brown, Alison

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853396303 ISBN 13 : 9781853396304

Editeur : Practical Action Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Practical Action Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853396303
• ISBN 13: 9781853396304
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible