Academic or Professional Articles

From the Intl J of Sociology and Social Policy!

From the Intl J of Sociology and Social Policy!

Posting some articles about markets to Markets Magazine!

This includes the Morales, Balkin, Persky article from Economic Development Quarterly, up to recent work on zoning for markets, street food, and other work!

This report may stimulate new thinking for managing the Desplaines St New Maxwell Market. Megan McDonald, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Special Events, is now in charge along with Alderman Walter Burnett who is head of the Council Committee for Special Events and Alderman Robert Fioretti, Alderman of the Market's new Ward.

Click on the title below, "Day Labor Markets and Public Space," to see the paper, now posted on SSRN at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1332832

Day laborers standing on street corners have become a more common, and more controversial, sight in many U.S. cities. Taking them to be evidence of public disorder and illegal immigration out of control, some communities have responded by adopting the strategy of exclusion. They have revived the enforcement of ordinances against loitering and vagrancy, and changed traffic rules to discourage drivers from stopping to pick up workers. Other communities have responded by adopting the strategy of shelter. Viewing street corner day laborers as vulnerable, these communities have opened indoor work centers that offer job placement and other services. The article criticizes both approaches, and argues that a place should be made for day labor markets on the street.

Zoning Practice
Feb 2009

Practice Public Markets - by Alfonso Morales and Gregg Kettles

This .ppt file is the presentation Kettles and I gave to the Planning for Healthy Places webinar in October 2008. Contact either of us for more details.

Review of farmers’ markets

Abdul Rahman Saili, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and Peter J Batt

Abstract:
Purpose of review: The popularity of farmers' markets is increasing, yet little is understood about their contribution in developing social or economic benefits for the farmers who use them. This paper reviews the literature on farmers' markets and the contributions that they make, not only to the rural community but also the urban centres within which they operate, and the various challenges associated with their operation.

Main findings: Although there are many advantages of farmers' markets, the review identifies a clear gap in the research literature relating to the potential impact of farmers' markets on urban areas and tourism. While most studies have been undertaken in developed countries, research in developing countries is equally if not more important, given the potential role of farmers' markets in enhancing the economic wellbeing of smallholder producers.

Directions for future research: Future research should guide policy makers by providing more evidence on the economic impact of farmers' markets and the potential for tourism and urban development.

Abstract. There is an influential idea tries to explain the structure of Iranian historical cities based on bazaar in contemporary architectural literatures. In contrast, the Core idea of this paper is illumination the differences of the social and spatial role of Iranian bazaar in the historical cities before the Modernization in the 1930s. The main approach of this study is based on analyses of the spatial structure using Space Syntax through the axial analysis technique regarding the social and economical context of Iranian historical cities. The case studies are the city of Dizfoul and Shushtar in the South-west; moreover Kerman, Shiraz and Isfehan are concerned as typical Iranian cities.

The result of this study argues that the Iranian cities before the Modernization can be
de¯ned in two types based on the idea of bazaar. The ¯rst city type includes cities with
non-merchant economy. In this city type, bazaar is a purely retail cluster and it does not
include other socio-cultural spaces. Therefore, this type of bazaar, named as `commercial
bazaars' in this study. `Commercial bazaars' not only were not the most integrated part

Abstract. Farmers markets selling locally grown produce were once vital components of urban food systems. In the modern era an extended wholesale supply system has reduced markets to negligible importance in provisioning. Yet the number of farmers markets in the United States has grown dramatically in the past thirty years. Examination of the literature on American farmers markets in the twentieth century reveals cycles of expansion and decline.
Four surges in numbers are reported, with the most rapid rise following the passage of Public Law 94–463, the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976. Between 1970 and 1986, markets in some states increased tenfold, with the national total rising nearly 500 percent by one estimate. Beginning in the late 1980s, farmers markets entered another growth phase, which continues. Research into farmers markets is hindered by the lack of consistency in classification, by incomplete descriptions of market characteristics, and by lost data.