Street Vendors, their Contested Spaces, and the Policy Environment: A View from Caloocan, Metro Manila

摘要

在东南亚的发展中国家，街头小贩在充满活力的公共空间和非正规经济中发挥着显着但不被认可作用。然而，他们常常被不分青红皂白地赶出人行道和其他有争议的区域，他们缺乏可以做生意的空间供应因而占用了以上地点。但是，这种情况的发生和可能随之而来的冲突可以通过重新审视政策来解决，这些政策似乎和小贩是对立的或者没有能够理解他们的存在和需求。文章研究了马尼拉市一处活跃的通勤交汇处，Caloocan市纪念碑站区域，的街头小販，描述了他们的需求、对现行法律的看法和愿望。同时研究了典型的功能转变、常有争议的道路、角落，以及小贩在其他用户中每天协商要求的城市空间的地役权。%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 Caloocan 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.