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Issues in retail planning within the United Kingdom

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Built Environment ; 14(1) 1989, 7-21(15)Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: Examines development in retail planning since the 1970s to the present day, highlighting factors which have influenced certain trends. In particular the authors look at the Government`s role in determining development with, for example, the creation of Enterprise Zones , abolition of the Metropolitan Counties and pressures placed on the countryside. Also identifies how the market has responded to retailing in the 1980s with the development of out-of-town superstores, shopping centres and retail warehouses and looks at changes in high street shopping. Includes a table of prospective regional scale shopping centres in the UK of more than 400,000 square feet, and concludes with a summary of the main issues discussed in the article.

Examines development in retail planning since the 1970s to the present day, highlighting factors which have influenced certain trends. In particular the authors look at the Government`s role in determining development with, for example, the creation of Enterprise Zones , abolition of the Metropolitan Counties and pressures placed on the countryside. Also identifies how the market has responded to retailing in the 1980s with the development of out-of-town superstores, shopping centres and retail warehouses and looks at changes in high street shopping. Includes a table of prospective regional scale shopping centres in the UK of more than 400,000 square feet, and concludes with a summary of the main issues discussed in the article.