Urban Markets: Developing Informal Retailing Contributor(s): Dewar, David (Author), Watson, Vanessa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138485276 ISBN-13: 9781138485273 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Retailing - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Human Geography |
Dewey: 658.87 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning |
Physical Information: 170 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Originally published in 1990, Urban Markets looks at how the informal sector of the economy should be encouraged to assist in the alleviation of problems of poverty and unemployment. Despite this rhetoric, few concrete, implementable ways have been developed. This book is concerned with one such potential strategy which the authors consider to be particularly effective: the creation of both built and open markets for very small retailers and wholesalers. Based on experience of observing such markets in several continents, the authors combine a discussion of the theoretical issues surrounding the creation of urban markets with practical hints of how to establish and run them. |