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Retail and commercial planning /

Changes in the philosophy of planning and the political influences behind it have led to an increasingly ambivalent approach to retail and commercial matters and a lack of clear goals and objectives as to what both central government and the local authorities should be concerned with. At the same ti...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, R. L., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL PLANNING; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: The Basis to Retail and Commercial Planning; 1. The System to be Planned; The Process of Distribution; Specific Elements for Control; Spatial Patterns of Activity; Conclusion; 2. Pressures for Change; The Background to Behavioural Change; Changes within the Distributive Trades; Conclusion; 3. The Conventional Planning Process; The Role of Central Government; Development Plans and Development Control; Methodology and Research; Conclusion.
  • 4. An Alternative Planning ApproachIssues at the National and Regional Level; The Challenge to Local Authorities; Conclusion; Part II: The Subjects of General Management Plans; 5. Examples of Strategic (Structure) Plans; The Case Studies; The Missing Components; Conclusion; 6. Examples of Local (District) Plans; The Case Studies; The Scope for Improvement; Conclusion; 7. Retail and Commercial Development; Retail Developments; Commercial Developments; Some Radical Alternatives; The Control of Development; Conclusion; 8. Renovation and Redevelopment; The Historical Background.
  • Newcastle upon Tyne and Covent Garden, LondonConcepts for the City Centre; The Control of Change; Conclusion; Part III: Specific Problems and Specific Plans; 9. The Impact of New Shopping Schemes; Some International Perspectives; Effects of Outlying Shopping Schemes; Effects of Town Centre Shopping Schemes; Impact Assessment; Conclusion; 10. Small Shops and Related Small Activities; Recent Trends in Growth and Decline; The Causes of Small Business Decline; Characteristics of Small Shops; Possible Forms of Assistance; Conclusion; 11. Accessibility, Transport and Communications.
  • The Concept of AccessibilitySpecific Service Provisions; Developments in Communications; Conclusion; 12. Special Area-based Considerations; Residential Area Requirements; Pressures on Smaller Town and City Centres; Rural Resource Impoverishment; Conclusion; Postscript; Author Index; Subject Index.