1、9100 英文单词, 4.9 万英文字符 ,中文 1.5 万字 文献出处: Boonjubun, Chaitawat. Conflicts over streets: The eviction of Bangkok street vendors. Cities 70 (2017): 22-31. Conicts over streets: The eviction of Bangkok street vendors Chaitawat Boonjubun ABSTRACT In 2014, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) introd
2、uced the Reclaiming pavements for pedestrians plan. This plan, appealing to the Act on Maintaining Public Cleanliness and Public Order, promised to bring safety and orderliness to the city, and its implementation led to the removal of street vendors. This article investigates the goals, practices, a
3、nd eects of the street clean-up plan in Bangkoks old town and shows the ironic consequences of the plan: the streets became less safe. By analysing the vendors rights, interests, and strategies for coping with the eviction that aected their livelihood, this article focuses on street vendors survival
4、 strategies and analyses various forms of conicts over streets: the vendors versus city authorities, among the vendors, and the vendors versus powerful gangsters, and discusses the mediation of these conicts by a senior Buddhist monk who spoke on behalf of street vendors in negotiations with city au
5、thorities. Keywords: Bangkok;Eviction;Eyes on the street ;Informality;Right to the city; Street vending 1. Introduction Suntraporn, a 44-year-old street vendor, had a small stall that sold hand-made jewellery on a pavement of Tha Chang, a tourist neighbourhood by the Chao Phraya River in Bangkoks ol
6、d town. On 30 July 2014, Suntraporn and other vendors in the area were informed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) of Reclaiming pavements for pedestrians, a new plan for spatial reorganisation. In line with the military governments National Council for Peace and Orders (NCPO) campaign to make public spaces safe across the country, this city plan obliged the district oce and the City Law Enforcement Department (or Thetsakit) to clear vending stalls on the pave