| Summary: | Malioboro corridor is a well-known shopping street located at the centre of
Yogyakarta (Indonesia). It was part of the north-south axis of the initial
development of Yogyakarta in 1756. Today, Malioboro serves as a place that
accommodates various types of activities: administrative, commercial, cultural,
and historical. It also has become an icon of Yogyakarta for tourism. The
expression of �you have not been in Yogya before visiting Malioboro� strengthens
its position. A number of important historic buildings and government buildings
were located in the corridor, such as Keraton (the Sultan palace), Kepatihan (the
governor's office), and the Legislative building of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.
However, what has made Malioboro unique was the street vending activities in
the corridor. Street vending activity has become one of the tourism attractions in
Malioboro for both local and foreign visitors. They have become the trademark of
Malioboro.
A public space, ideally, was open and accessible to all people. Street vending
activities at Malioboro might hinder the accessibility of the public space. It was a
common policy taken by the authority in many urban areas � due to the
beautification and maintaining order in urban public space � to relocate and
localize the street vendors to a formal market area. However, the authority of the
city of Yogyakarta acknowledged and accommodated the street vendors in
Malioboro corridor. This was the initial intention of this research to explore and
highlight important issues occurred in managing the Malioboro public space.
This research used an exploratory method to understand how the street vendors
and their formal association share the limited public space and what their role
were in the process to manage the public space, as well as to assess the way local
authority manages the public space without relocating the existing street vendors.
Field observation was conducted
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