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This paper presents a 'spontaneous location' theory to explain the choice and appropriation of s treet spaces by s treet vendors for their private enterprises in the central division of Kampala city. It provides for how s treet space locations are chosen and acquired for vending activities. To attain an appropriate sample size, the concept of saturation was used, whereby respondents were selected based on the type of goods sold, how goods were sold, the s treet occupied, time of vending, gender, age, and spatial dis tribution on the s treets. Subsequently, 90 respondents were sampled from 30 s treets. The selection of s treets was based on the exis ting land uses the intensity of vending, and their spatial dis tribution. In the s tudy, direct observations and interviews were used to collect data. Reference was made to location theories and business location decisions. Results indicate that s treet vendors tend to locate their enterprises on roads and paths with high human traffic that offers a market for their goods. We conclude that the ambiguity of government agencies towards s treet vendors and the audacity of s treet vendors as citizens with rights to urban space could promote more random locations of s treet enterprises and set a s tage for further s treet space use contes tation. To avert further conflict arising from the appropriation of spaces, we recommend that s treets identified by s treet vendors for their s treet enterprises be assessed for feasibility and valorized by city authorities to allow the enterprises to take place and generate revenue for the city. 

The ultimate purpose of the present s tudy is to provide a model for ecotourism development, economic growth, and job creation. The research methodology was descriptive-inferential, and the data collection method was a researcher-made ques tionnaire. The firs t part included considering the models of ecotourism development. After inferring and confirming the research hypothesis, the second part presented the economic development model and job creation in the free margin of the northern roads between Emamzadeh Hashem and Rudbar. For proving the research hypothesis, at firs t, the factors affecting the development of ecotourism were identified and identified, which included eight topics including national identity, job creation, productivity growth, service prosperity, environmental, physical, socio-cultural, and community attitudes and awareness to determine which variable will have the mos t significant impact on the development of ecotourism. Accordingly, 384 natives and touris ts from tourism-recreational and ecotourism complexes in the s tudy area were asked. SPSS software was used for inferential measurement of data, and PLS software was used to present the s tructural model of the research. The ques tionnaire and their analysis based on the correlation coefficient and s tructural model in the firs t part showed that employment is the mos t critical factor in tourism development. The analysis results in the firs t part include the presentation of 32 factors affecting the development of ecotourism. The findings in the second section also present the 11 factors of economic development and economic growth.