Factores socioeconómicos de los vendedores informales del centro del municipio de Pamplona y su impacto en el uso del espacio público.

Abstract

The increase of the informal economy in recent years has represented an obstacle in communities or populations in general; mainly, when this fact is alluded to, to the excessive practice and inadequate use of public spaces by street vendors and that as a consequence, affects the welfare of the community. In this sense, actions must be taken to evaluate the incident factors, in order to consider and execute intervention measures adjusted to such circumstances; reason that leads to the present study, to respond to the objective of analyzing and describing the socioeconomic factors that are part of the informal vendors; as well as the impact generated by these, in the use of public spaces in the center of Pamplona. For this purpose, a quantitative, descriptive research was carried out; for which, a previous revision was made at a theoretical and documentary level, around informality, public space and citizen culture; as well as a variety of topics, which provided significant contributions in understanding this phenomenon. A survey of 29 items was constructed and applied, as an instrument for gathering information, applied to 57 street vendors in the area, whose opinions served as a central axis for the analysis of the findings, in contrast to the previously researched postulates. Data analyzed based on the variables: economic factors, social factors and public space; whose results denoted, deficiencies at the level of the socio-economic conditions of this type of workers, inadequate interaction with the public space and insufficient responses according to their needs for the relocation of this particular guild. It was recommended, the implementation of training programs and awareness of this population group about cultural values; as well as coordinated actions with the municipal public administration, for the recovery of the mentioned spaces.