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1. 1. OUR EXISTENCE MATTER : EXPERIENCES AND BELONGING OF URBAN SPACE FROM STREET HAWKERS PERSPECTIVE-A CASE STUDY OF LA-NKWANTANANG MADINA MUNICIPAL AREA

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Ishmael Adinya Kwarteng; [2020]
   Keywords : Space appropriation; belonging; right to the city; urban citizenship; Informality; Exchange Value; Use Value;

   Abstract : The study examines the experiences of street hawkers and contributes to the current but less represented debate on hawkers’ ways of appropriating the urban space through space modification and codification that serve greatly their capitalist purposes and how those daily activities influence their sense of belonging to the urban public space. The hawkers in the study area; La- Nkwantanang-Madina Area, Ghana show some social concerns in their informal day-to-day street activities that account for some of the relocation issues that render the repressive measures of city authorities futile. READ MORE