Street vending on Addis Ababa’s sidewalks: A sign of vibrancy and identity or a nuisance for pedestrians?

Woldeamanuel, Mintesnot G.; Abebe, Nardos; Supangkat, Faith

doi:10.1080/07352166.2021.2014764

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“…Street vending impacts the comfort and safety of pedestrians; therefore, sufficient walking space can preserve public space quality and pedestrian experience [64]. Referencing the walkability quantification indicators proposed by Guzman et al [49] for Colombian cities, pavement walkability is quantified through the ratio of sidewalk width to street width (the formula is below), a method frequently employed in urban planning to assess and enhance walkability and pedestrian-friendliness [65].…”

Section: Pavement Walkability Using Reclassificationmentioning

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Evaluation of the Suitability of Street Vending Planning in Urban Public Space in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Zhang,

Shao

2024

Land

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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the resurgence of the informal street vending economy. This revival has boosted the market economy but has also challenged urban governance. Recognizing street vending deregulation as both a stimulus for employment and a potential challenge to hygiene and safety, this study evaluates the suitability of street vending within Wuchang District of Wuhan, China. The methodology unfolds in four steps: constructing an indicator system based on a policy and literature review, a spatial quantitative analysis via GIS, weight allocation through expert consultation and entropy methods, and the identification of suitable areas as well as strategies. Findings reveal suitability clusters centered around key urban nodes, extending across central and mid-western zones through corridors like Zhongnan Road, demonstrating the potential for centralized management and economic permeation into surrounding areas. The analysis of land-use compatibility showed that commercial, park, and residential lands offer the highest suitability for vending activities, proposing management strategies tailored to enhance business in commercial areas, flexible configurations in residential zones, diverse development in parks, quality-oriented development in public squares, and strict control in scenic and tourist facilities. This study not only deepens our understanding of the geographical distribution of and factors influencing street vending, but also proposes integrated management strategies for vending in urban public spaces, fostering vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable urban environments.

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Section: Pavement Walkability Using Reclassificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of the Suitability of Street Vending Planning in Urban Public Space in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Zhang,

Shao

2024

Land

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“…On the one hand, street vendors exist in urban blocks and tourist spots, and working in this job can increase household income, provide convenient community services (Çakmak et al, 2019; Steel, 2012), fulfil the gaps left by the formal sector (Baksi and Bose, 2016). Through self-employment, they do not only relieve the employment pressure, but also create value and enhance market vitality (Woldeamanuel et al, 2022). On the other hand, street vendors also cause problems, such as improper food handling, environmental pollution, occupying public space and disturbing public order (Elgin and Oztunali, 2014; Trafialek et al, 2017).…”

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‘He Wei Gui’: The wisdom and action of tourism photography vendors to handle conflicts in Canton Tower Scenic Area

et al. 2023

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Given both the popularity of street vendors and the government resistance to them in tourism governance, we interview vendors between September 2014 and May 2021 to gain insights into the interactions and conflicts between vendors, local enterprises and government departments in Canton, China. We derive a theory of ‘He Wei Gui’ from Chinese Confucian culture and adopt discourse analysis to investigate how informal tourism photography vendors in the Canton Tower Scenic Area resolve their conflicts. We argue that photography vendors have developed a harmonious but fragile coexistence through the use of measures such as fuzzification of public space, flexible industry regulations, output of emotional capital and normalised ways, thereby demonstrating the business acumen of little people. In contrast to the existing trend of ‘rigid governance’, the authors suggest applying ‘flexible management’ in the informal economy and tourism governance, and giving prominence to the principal role of informal operators or little people. In addition, this flexible management reflects the tacit consent from all the stakeholders, the active suing for nonviolent solution from the vulnerable and the willingness of modifying or even creating rules for balancing the distribution of the interests from the dominant stakeholder. The key to this flexible management is that authorities take the investment of emotional capital of the vulnerable groups into consideration. This leads to fuzzy governance which blurs and integrates emotions into the rules, making it possible to solve the conflicts in a more flexible way.

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The why and how of COVID streets: a city-level review of research into motivations and approaches during a crisis

Oluyede,

Combs,

Pardo

2024

Transport Reviews

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Street vending on Addis Ababa’s sidewalks: A sign of vibrancy and identity or a nuisance for pedestrians?

Cited by 6 publications

References 33 publications

Evaluation of the Suitability of Street Vending Planning in Urban Public Space in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Evaluation of the Suitability of Street Vending Planning in Urban Public Space in the Post-COVID-19 Era

‘He Wei Gui’: The wisdom and action of tourism photography vendors to handle conflicts in Canton Tower Scenic Area

The why and how of COVID streets: a city-level review of research into motivations and approaches during a crisis

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