Displacement and the new spaces for informal trade in the Latin American city centre

Bromley, Rosemary D. F. and Mackie, Peter Kelso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1494-0864 2009. Displacement and the new spaces for informal trade in the Latin American city centre. Urban Studies 46 (7) , pp. 1485-1506. 10.1177/0042098009104577

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Abstract

Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets. Although more than 3500 traders were relocated to new off-centre markets, the research identifies the emergence of `unplanned' alternative city-centre locations for informal trade, especially the new courtyard markets. The municipal-led changes, influenced strongly by concerns to enhance tourism, reveal a process which displays many of the hallmarks of gentrification. Lower-class traders were displaced from city-centre streets for the benefit of middle-class tourists and local people. There was also gentrification of the trading activity itself: by manipulating stall allocation and pricing structures to exclude the poorest traders from the new higher-quality municipal markets. The changing pattern of informal trading can be viewed as an unconventional `barometer' of the progress of policy-led gentrification, applicable to other cities in the developing world

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0042-0980
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 12:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10644

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