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Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre

By , on June 01, 2009

Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets. Although more than 3500 traders were relocated to new off-centre markets, the research identifies the emergence of `unplanned' alternative city-centre locations for informal trade, especially the new courtyard markets. The municipal-led changes, influenced strongly by concerns to enhance tourism, reveal a process which displays many of the hallmarks of gentrification. Lower-class traders were displaced from city-centre streets for the benefit of middle-class tourists and local people.

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Bromley, Rosemary D. F., and Mackie, Peter K. Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre. , , . , 2009. Bromley, R. D. F., and Mackie, P. K. (2009). Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre. , , . Bromley, Rosemary D. F., and Mackie, Peter K. "Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre." 2009, .Bromley Rosemary D. F., and Mackie Peter K. "Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre." (2009). Bromley, R D F, and Mackie, P K 2009, 'Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre', , , . Rosemary D F Bromley, and Peter K Mackie, 'Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre' (2009). Bromley R. D. F., and Mackie P. K. Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre. . 2009. Bromley, Rosemary D. F., and Mackie, Peter K. Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre. . 2009. , .

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