Exportar Publicação

Madeira da Silva, Teresa & Monte, M. (2013). Informal Street Vendors in Rio de Janeiro: case study of three formalization process. Research Committee 21 – Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, International sociology Association, Conference 2013 – Resourceful Cities.

M. T. Silva and M. P. Monte,  "Informal Street Vendors in Rio de Janeiro: case study of three formalization process.", in Research Committee 21 – Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, Int. sociology Association, Conf. 2013 – Resourceful Cities, Berlin, 2013

@misc{silva2013_1775139025904,
	author = "Madeira da Silva, Teresa and Monte, M.",
	title = "Informal Street Vendors in Rio de Janeiro: case study of three formalization process.",
	year = "2013",
	howpublished = "Outro",
	url = "http://www.rc21.org/"
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Informal Street Vendors in Rio de Janeiro: case study of three formalization process.
T2  - Research Committee 21 – Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, International sociology Association, Conference 2013 – Resourceful Cities
AU  - Madeira da Silva, Teresa
AU  - Monte, M.
PY  - 2013
CY  - Berlin
UR  - http://www.rc21.org/
AB  - Informality is a topic strongly related to the process of urbanization, particularly in the developing
countries. The informal activities play a vital role in the daily routine of the mega cities in the countries
of south. The informal workers and entrepreneurs replenish spontaneously the gaps that were
left by the formal planning and management of the city, guaranteeing a better sustenance of the
services and commerce.
Informality represents a challenge for the society and the governments due to its polymorphic nature
and ubiquity. It remains unclear however which is the optimal way to deal with this phenomenon.
The informal street vending, which is the main subject of this article, involves generally economic,
social and urban characteristics that need to be addressed by the state.
This article will approach the phenomenon of informal street vending activities in the public spaces
of Rio de Janeiro. The central issue of this work is the study of the interactions in the public space
between informal street vendors and the governmental institutions and its consequences, as e. g.
the legalization process of the vendors. The research was based on three cases of formalization of
street vendors in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro is a megacity of a developing country with long tradition of dealing with the informality
phenomenon. The three markets chosen to be studied are considered as representative of the
street vending scenario of Rio de Janeiro. The three case studies are Camelódro da Uruguaiana,
Centro Municipal Luiz Gonzaga de Tradição Nordestinas and Mercado Popular da Rocinha. They
originate from former informal street vending activities which were legalized through street vending
promotion projects. Each one of these markets had a different origin and characteristics, which
also resulted in different programs being applied for their legalization.
The Camelódro da Uruguaiana was inaugurated in 1994 as a special zone inside the preserved
historical centre of the Rio. It was created to formalize the informal street vendors operating in a
part of the city centre. The Centro Municipal Luiz Gonzaga de Tradição Nordestinas is the formal
name of the market that originated from the upgrading process of a brazilian northeast products
and cultural market. It was founded in 2003. The Mercado Popular da Rocinha was formalized in
2004 and is located at the entrances of the Rocinha’s favela, one of the biggest favelas in Latin
America.
The conclusion of this research is that the legalization of informal street vending, especially in developing
countries, is a feature that resolves some issues related to the integration of certain lowincome
groups. However, these measures are necessary only in the short term, because the main
cause of informal street vending is the endemic lack of formal jobs. It is also concluded that, for this
type of activity with ambiguous and mutant characteristics, the legalization must be intensively
monitored and conceived as a process that must be constantly rethought and corrected. Only in
this way beneficial results can be ensured to the vendors and government.
ER  -