歷史悠久的攤販業，原是小資本的街頭商販，也是在國家規約之外非
正式經濟中的一環，本當在正式經濟成長的潮流中逐漸消失，但是台灣地
區在經歷了快速的工業化、都市化之後，攤販的數量不僅沒有減少，反而
快速的在各大都市間如洪流般的蔓延擴展，並且成了「都市之瘤」，對都
市的環境、交通、商業秩序……等，產生重大之衝擊，尤以台北地區為甚
。所以近年來的政策，或各方之研究多朝「減少攤販」，及「消滅攤販」
之目標進行，但卻未能奏效。考其原因，一方面是民眾對攤販自有高度之
需求與支持，故此得以滋生不息；另外則是對攤販問題認識之不足，以致
未能將其導入正途。本文以地理學空間分析之觀點，探討攤販之空間特性
，藉以了解攤販現象所具有之地理特色，期能對攤販問題有深入的認識。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　本文主要之研究對象，是散布於台北都會區內各市、鎮、鄉中，因大量
聚集而對環境產生重大影響的攤販群，其數量計有 228個。根據實際調查
及抽樣問卷……等所得之資料，分析以下幾個重要課題：1.台北都會區內
攤販群之形成背景及其空間分布之特色，按核心區、內環區、中環區及外
環區等四大區位分別探討之。2.各攤販群之組成及類型。組成包括規模大
小及優佔業種兩方面之探討，再以此兩項為分類指標，將各攤販群劃分為
六大類型，分別論之。3.攤販業者之空間活動與識覺。空間活動包含其擺
攤之頻率、流動之情況、貨品之空間等；識覺則包括其從攤之優、缺點及
意願等。4.消費者之空間活動與識覺，以及居民、商家之識覺等。消費者
之空間活動含消費之攤販群數、距離、交通等，而各人之識覺則包括對攤
販之好、惡理由、整體滿意度等。5.攤販之衝擊與對策。針對環境之衝擊
，分析其較嚴重之各項目，並尋求解決之道。　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　研究之結果發現各攤販群有其亂中之「序」，即各類型之
攤販群各有其地理上的特色，饒富地理之意義。若能針對各地實際之需求
，配合附近之地理環境，導其形成富有特殊風味之攤販群，則或可成為人
之所愛，而不再成「瘤」。
　Hawking is a type of buying and selling that has existed for
centuries. Hawkers, or street peddlers, are people who hawk and
carry goods about on the streets for sale. The hawking trade is
an informal form of economy, and is not regulated by ordinary
laws or regulations. It should have passed from existence with
the tides of formal economic growth. The number of hawkers,
however, has never decreased even after the experiencing of
rapid industrialization and urbanization. Hawking has spread
and extended in every direction, in every big city. Hawking
groups have become "the cancer of the city." They cause extreme
impacts to the environment, traffic, and commercial order,
especially in Taipei. Therfore, policies in recent years and
various research has been proposed to reach the goal of
decreasing hawkers or bringing them to an end, but none of these
has worked.　The reasons for this failure are, first, people
have always greatly relied on hawkers and thus have given them
much support. This allowed hawkers to multiply and continue
their business. The second problem we encounter when dealing
with hawkers is that we lack a full understanding of hawkers,
therefore we cannot lead or guide them to a legal path.　In this
thesis, we ill discuss the particular characteristics of hawkers
from the geographic view of spatial analysis in order to realize
the geographic characteristics of hawkers. We hope to get a
deeper understanding through these methods and learn how to deal
with problems of hawkers.　The chief hawking groups we studied
spread into the counties, towns and districts of Taipei city.
Because they group in large numbers, they greatly affect the
environment. The total number we looked into were 228 hawking
groups. 　Through careful examinations and questionnaires, we
obtained valuable information. We analyzed this information to
study certain important subjects which are listed as follows:
　1. The hawking groups in Taipei, the background of their
formation, and their particular factors for location. We
separate the locations into four districts: the central
district, the inner district, the middle district, and the outer
district.　2. The formation and types of different hawking
groups. We have two objects to study: the scales and the
dominance pattern of businesses. We classify the hawking groups
into six types and discuss each of them.　3. Hawkers'''' activities
and their perceptions. The hawkers'''' activities reveal the
frequency of how often they do business, the situation of moving
their location, and the arrangements of their goods. Hawkers''''
perceptions include their willingness to do business, the merits
and the shortcomings in doing business.　4. Consumers''''
activities and their perceptions, the perceptions from loacal
people and shop owners, etc. Consumers'''' activities include the
data about the number of people in hawking groups who usually go
shopping, the distances, means of transportation, individual
perception including the reasons for liking or hating the
hawkers and the degree of their satisfaction toward different
situations, etc. 　5. The impacts brought about by hawkers and
their solutions. The impacts are focused on the way we analyze
certain subjects to search for effective means to slove the
problems. 　Although hawking groups are confusing and
disordered, in this thesis we have found that they form an
"order" among themselves. Each type of hawking group shows its
own geographic characteristics and has a loat of geographic
singificance. If we can work to meet local demands and their
practical needs and match the surrounding geographic
environment, we shall guide the hawking groups and lead them to
become distinguished people. The will no longer be "the
cancer", and will be most welcomed by the general consumer.