Environmental Impact of Street Trading in Akure, Ondo State Nigeria

Street trading is a common activity in Nigerian cities including Akure This is prominent in cities because a lot of people migrate to cities to get a better life When the desired jobs are not available street trading is usually resulted to in an attempt to earn a living This activity has lots of issues attached to it but this study examines the environmental impact of street trading activity in Akure Ondo State Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA North gate area and Olukayode axis around Oja-Oba were selected for the study 85 respondents were randomly selected for the study The relevant government agencies in Ondo State such as Ondo state Ministries of Environment Education and Women affairs were also sampled for the study in order to get information on their efforts in relation to street trading activities especially in Akure Findings revealed that the street trading activities usually cause filthy environment traffic congestion among others Sensitization of the public on the dangers that come with street trading was strongly recommende

Informal street vending: a systematic review

Within the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in investigating the dynamics of informal street vending, motivated by the need to address economic, social, and political inequalities. We take stock of this literature, bringing together the various streams of research in which informal street vending is integral to how cities work, particularly in the context of what is considered as the global South. The review of the related literature in this paper is structured into eight key themes, including (1) gender, (2) typology/types, (3) spatiality of street vending and public space design, (4) health and well-being, (5) individual/collective agency, (6) policy environment, (7) use of technology, and (8) links to other forms of informality. The paper concludes by outlining certain research themes that are in the process of development, identifying some understudied areas, reflecting on existing gaps, and pointing to future research directions to enable further engagement with those aspects of informal street vending research that have remained underexplored