Re-activation of vacant retail spaces
: strategies, policies and guidelines 1st ed.
Author
Tamini, Luca
Additional Author(s)
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Publisher
Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9783319708720
Series
PoliMI SpringerBriefs
Subject(s)
CITY PLANNING
STORES, RETAIL
URBAN RENEWAL
Notes
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Abstract
This book presents an original methodology for analyzing urban retail systems, addressing the strong retail meltdown (increase in closed corner-shops and dead malls) that is severely affecting cities and suburban areas in Europe and the USA. Taking into account both spatial and regulative aspects, it offers a new approach to retailing and retail spaces developed within the urban planning field. The book describes international case studies together with solutions to the problem of vacant retail spaces, and provides a comprehensive toolbox of guidelines useful to local and regional governments facing the problem of retail meltdown. As such, it is of interest to architects, engineers, urban planners, decision-makers and government representatives. It also provides a valuable methodological reference resource for researchers engaged in this particular field of study.
