| dc.description.abstract | Public space is one of the important elements of the city in improving the quality
of urban life both in terms of the environment, the community or city functions
through the use of space in it. But in its development, public space is often
misused. One of the example is the change in the function of the arterial road into
a place for the street vendors. This research aims to explain how the street
vendors use the public space as a freemarket and how they adapt / adjust with the
market conditions. The type of research used is a qualitative research which
methods are observation to obtain the field setting, behavioral mapping to obtain
activity patterns that occur, and questionnaires / interviews to obtain social
background of the users. Through a survey of the street vendors in “Pajak Bulan”
Medan as a case studies , it can be concluded that in this region occurred in a
variety of different activities at different times, and require different physical
settings. However, the variety of activities have not been fully accommodated by
the physical setting of the Pajak Bulan, so that users need to adapt in the form of
direct action and mental adjustment. | en_US |
