Tulisan ini mengkaji karakteristik aktivitas pedagang kaki lima (PKL) di ruang kota dengan studikasus kawasan pendidikan Tembalang, Kota Semarang. Studi ini menggunakan metode kuantitatifdengan paradigma positivistik dalam penarikan kesimpulannya. Dewasa ini kegiatan di kota‐kota diIndonesia cenderung dualistik, yaitu formal dan informal; baik dari penampilan fisik maupun secarasosial‐ekonomi dan sosial‐budaya. Tembalang sebagai salah satu kawasan cepat berkembang di KotaSemarang akibat aktivitas pendidikan juga mengalami kecenderungan tersebut, ditandai denganmeningkatnya aktivitas perdagangan dan jasa sektor formal berupa pertokoan, bersamaan dengansektor informal berupa pedagang kaki lima (PKL). Di satu sisi perkembangan ini terjadi dengan pesatdi kawasan fungsional yang belum mengakomodasi kegiatan PKL dalam perencanaanya. Akibatnya,pertumbuhan yang cenderung spontan dan tidak terencana ini berpotensi menimbulkan berbagaipermasalahan di masa depan. Di sisi lain, keberadaan PKL dapat membantu masyarakat khususnyamahasiswa dalam memenuhi kebutuhannya karena keunggulan dalam hal lokasi yang lebih dekatdan harga yang lebih terjangkau, terutama ketika dibandingkan dengan barang dan jasa yangtersedia di sektor formal.Kata kunci: aktivitas, Pedagang Kaki Lima / PKL, ruang
The high competition to be able to work in the formal sector makes some people more absorbed in the informal sector, one of them in the field of commerce/service, namely as street vendors. The activity of street vendors occupying the public space is often considered as troublemakers because the government does not have a clear reference to arrange the location that can be used by them and in accordance with the characteristics of its activity. As well as street vendors in Taman Tirto Agung, Indonesia. who grow and develop to fill the park have degraded the visual quality of space and changed the function of the public space. The arrangement of street vendors should consider their space behaviors so that the space they use is compatible with their activities. The aim of this research is to identify the space that compatible with street vendors in Taman Tirto Agung. By using the GIS mapping and quantitative method with survey and questionnaire techniques, showed that street vendors choose compatible trade location in Taman Tirto Agung are determined by various activities around the park; activity time lasts for 24 hours; numbers of passing visitors; the flow of visitors; and settled space use.
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