Format:
1 Online-Ressource (257 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783030875565
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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Organization of the Rest of the Book -- References -- 2 Marketplace Entrepreneurs, Mobility Infrastructure, and Linkages -- Urban Mobility Space -- Marketplace Business Operation and Need for Access -- Urban Market Traders and Linkages to Local, National, and International Economy -- References -- 3 Onitsha: The Largest Market in Nigeria-One of the Largest in West Africa -- The Development of Commerce in Onitsha -- West Africa Urbanizing and Impacts on Urban Marketplace Trade -- Spatial Organization -- The Uses of Land -- Market Organization -- The Urban Transport System -- References -- 4 Challenges Facing Urban Marketplace Traders -- Marketplace Environment and Trader Relationships -- Intersection with Government -- Challenges Related to Staffing -- References -- 5 Attributes Impacting Out-Of-Stall Business Contacts -- Location of Marketplace -- The Influence of Stall Size -- Availability of a Means of Personal Transportation -- Gender as a Stall Attribute -- Commodity Sold in the Stall -- Overview of Information Collected -- Specification of Attributes -- Method Used to Determine Which Stalls Provide Information -- Method Used to Collect Information -- References -- 6 A Geography of Contacts in a Large Urban Marketplace -- Quantifying Out-Of-Stall Contacts -- Reasons for Out-Of-Stall Contacts -- Multi-Purpose vs Single-Purpose Trips -- Purpose of Contacts and Category of Trader -- Mobility Methods or Mode Choice -- Means of Movement and Category of Trader -- Constraints on Contacts -- Constraints and Category of Trader -- References -- 7 Sustainability of the Marketplace Institution -- Basis for Marketplace Sustainability -- Marketplace as a City Within a City -- Reimagined Urban Transport Planning Process -- References
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8 Strategies for Improving Urban Development: Addressing the Paradox -- Role of Government -- Marketplaces as Cities, Growth Poles and MODEST Goal -- Create Department of Marketplaces and Traders, DMaT -- Minimize Development Leakages -- Maintain Collaborative Development Planning -- Upgrade Land use and Land Development Plans -- Role of Institutions -- Legitimize the Non-Formal Economy -- Support for Differentiation of Non-Manufacturing Sector Actors -- Create an Enabling Environment -- Role of Marketplace Traders -- Support Education of Traders -- Consider Financial Support for Marketplace Infrastructure -- Empanel and Empower an Urban Marketplace Development District Committee (UMDDC) -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Correlation Matrix Tables -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ochia, Krys Marketplace Trade and West African Urban Development Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 ISBN 9783030875558
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
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