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Warning of harm to city centres

Language: English Series: Independent ; 9 January 1992, 5 | Financial Times ; 9 January 1992, 6(1)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: The Institute of British Geographers` conference has warned of the possibility of the UK following the American pattern of dispersing shops to the suburbs, but a new European trend curbing suburban development through planning controls could limit out-of-town shopping`s `golden age` to the 1980s.

The Institute of British Geographers` conference has warned of the possibility of the UK following the American pattern of dispersing shops to the suburbs, but a new European trend curbing suburban development through planning controls could limit out-of-town shopping`s `golden age` to the 1980s.