Governing Informal Trading

Reden Recio

This research examines an interface that emerges between formal (state-backed) systems and informal mechanisms in contested vending spaces of Metro Manila’s Baclaran district. This formal-informal interface is relevant to urban planners and policy-makers who are expected to guide the collective use of space. The research contributes to the theoretical discussion on urban informality by employing a post-dualist conceptual framework in unpacking five governance dimensions – players, policies, practices, governing relations, and planning implications. These dimensions shape the formal-informal interface in contested urban spaces in many global South cities.

Publications:

Recio, R. (2017) ‘Revisiting Policy Epistemologies on Urban Informality: Towards a Post-dualist View’, Cities.

Recio, R. (2015) ‘Engaging the ‘Ungovernable’ Journal in Urban and Regional Planning, 1(1), 18-37.

Recio, R. (2013) ‘Street Vendors, their Contested Spaces and the Policy Environment’, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 4(1) 173–190.