After the 1997 financial crisis in Bangkok: The behaviour and implications of a new cohort of street vendors

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-269

  Walsh, John ^a   Maneepong, Chuthatip ^b  

^a SHINAWATRA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Informal economy; Street vendors; Thailand; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; NATIONAL ECONOMY; RETAILING; URBAN AREA;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

EID: 84864015198     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2012.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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