Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor

The invention of street vendors in urban public places help in creating a living cultural enclave despite the robustness of street activities. This paper aims to explore the potentials of street vending as a place making tool in creating a dynamic public area. By choosing Bandar Tasik Puteri as a ca...

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Main Authors: Nurbaidura Salim, Noor Syarafina Sallehudin, Ammar Syazwan Shamsul Kamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23051/
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author Nurbaidura Salim,
Noor Syarafina Sallehudin,
Ammar Syazwan Shamsul Kamal,
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description The invention of street vendors in urban public places help in creating a living cultural enclave despite the robustness of street activities. This paper aims to explore the potentials of street vending as a place making tool in creating a dynamic public area. By choosing Bandar Tasik Puteri as a case study, this paper investigates how street vendors may help to create and improve the livelihood in a public place. The mixed method approach through site observation and questionnaire survey were adopted to capture tangible and intangible aspect of the study area. Findings of the study reveals that Bandar Tasik Puteri has a great potential for street vendor activities as it will improve quality of life of local community, foster social interactions and create dynamic public space within the area. However, several challenges need to be resolved beforehand, including limited space and regulatory issues. The paper highlights the importance of a supportive legislative framework and a collaborative approach among stakeholders to enable the long-term growth of street vending as a means of improving public spaces and boosting public participation.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:230512024-02-19T06:22:00Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23051/ Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor Nurbaidura Salim, Noor Syarafina Sallehudin, Ammar Syazwan Shamsul Kamal, The invention of street vendors in urban public places help in creating a living cultural enclave despite the robustness of street activities. This paper aims to explore the potentials of street vending as a place making tool in creating a dynamic public area. By choosing Bandar Tasik Puteri as a case study, this paper investigates how street vendors may help to create and improve the livelihood in a public place. The mixed method approach through site observation and questionnaire survey were adopted to capture tangible and intangible aspect of the study area. Findings of the study reveals that Bandar Tasik Puteri has a great potential for street vendor activities as it will improve quality of life of local community, foster social interactions and create dynamic public space within the area. However, several challenges need to be resolved beforehand, including limited space and regulatory issues. The paper highlights the importance of a supportive legislative framework and a collaborative approach among stakeholders to enable the long-term growth of street vending as a means of improving public spaces and boosting public participation. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23051/1/662022252501PB.pdf Nurbaidura Salim, and Noor Syarafina Sallehudin, and Ammar Syazwan Shamsul Kamal, (2023) Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor. e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 20 (4). pp. 190-198. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/index
spellingShingle Nurbaidura Salim,
Noor Syarafina Sallehudin,
Ammar Syazwan Shamsul Kamal,
Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor
title Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor
title_full Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor
title_fullStr Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor
title_short Potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Selangor
title_sort potentials of informal street vending as a place making tool in bandar tasik puteri, selangor
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23051/
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