Pseudo Participation?: Conflict Resolution for the Relocation of Bloater Sellers in the city of Surabaya

The Policy Instruments of Street Vendor Relocation in Surabaya Bulak Fish Center

“…They primarily offer smoked fish, fresh fish, dried fish, dozens of dongkupang, fish feed, handicraft fish, processed crackers, and coffee shop stalls. The number of street vendors at this point is around 85 traders (Setijaningrum and Nurany 2018). Traders often smoke fish in the morning and trade food in the afternoon.…”

“…Also, the existence of an economic strategy by approaching customers is still attached to traders' minds. The merchants finally returned to selling near the Kenjeran Amusement Park (THP) to approach their customers (Setijaningrum and Nurany 2018).…”

“…Therefore, the Surabaya Government met with traders to provide information so that the relocation effort was successful. According to research by Setijaningrum and Nurany (2018), on January 2, 2014, the government has negotiated an agreement that the traders will take over the Bulak Fish Center on January 6, 2014. However, until the time limit has been determined, the traders still have not occupied their booth.…”

“…According to Setijaningrum and Nurany's (2018) research entitled Pseudo Participation? : Conflict Resolution for the Relocation of Bloater Sellers in Surabaya, the factor in the failure to relocate street vendors at the Bulak Fish Center was due to tokenistic community participation.…”