Thesis
Out of town retailing : progress, impact & policy implications
- Creator
- Rights statement
- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 1995
- Thesis identifier
- T8326
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- Over the last 15-20 years retailing has been subject to considerable pressure for change in Britain. The result has been an increase in out of town shopping, a trend instigated by a number of factors including: * Public dissatisfaction with traditional town centre shopping. * Increasing congestion brought about by rising car ownership. * Comparison with other countries which provided out of town shopping. * New forms of shopping which require extensive sites. Initially these developments comprised supermarket and retail warehouse stores but more recently attention has swung toward large scale shopping centres. Planning authorities originally resisted these pressures thinking that such developments could not be sustained without adverse implications for the "High Street" and the "hierarchy". However, during the 1980’s retail demand increased to such an extent that it seemed the new developments could be supported and that the concerns of town planning were unfounded. Supermarket and retail warehouse development flourished, but proposals for out of town regional centres met with sterner resistance. Perceived competition with traditional High Streets has given rise to fears that the "health" of town centres is at risk. The advent of the mega centre and the onset of economic recession in 1989 forced the retail industry to seriously consider the question of "impact". No longer will increased consumer expenditure absorb every retail development. Thus the potential impact of out of town regional development must be investigated and understood if planning is to rely on this argument as a defence against new modes of shopping following "acceptance" of out of town retail. This thesis, will through the analysis of changing shopping patterns and the retail development system, investigate the relative strengths and weaknesses of out of town shopping and review the position adopted by the planning system. The pressure for mega centre development in Scotland will be examined. The fate of the High Street shall also be considered against the seemingly irreversible trend toward such schemes. Four such centres have been constructed in England and their performance and effects on neighbouring towns shall be explored with a view to drawing conclusions for Scotland.
- Advisor / supervisor
- Reeves, Dora
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- Alternative Title
- Out of town retailing : progress, impact and policy implications
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