Comércio, Consumo &amp; Governança Urbana

Sommella, Rosario; Viganoni, L.; D'alessandro, Lorenza Mariotti; Guadagno, E.

doi:10.33787/ceg20200003

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“…Only the connection of retail with the most general concept of consumption provides some theoretical inspiration [29][30][31][32]. Many authors from different countries have discussed the possibility of creating international non-disciplinary fragmented knowledge [4,33].…”

Section: Ephemeral Concepts As a Sign Of The Increasing Speed Of Changesmentioning

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Could a Retail-Less City Be Sustainable? The Digitalization of the Urban Economy against the City

Carreras

Frago

2022

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This article tries to imagine the possible future retail-less city and its sustainability, combining some theoretical approaches with the initial data obtained from an analysis of Barcelona and Catalonia. The retail-less city is based on the idea of a city in which all the brick-and-mortar stores have closed as a consequence of the growing virtualization of retail. The hypothesis is based on the contemporary theory of planetary urbanization and its implications for the popular relationship between retail and the city. First, the study analyzes the relative weakness of the current retail theories and the spread of certain terms that have not succeeded in becoming real concepts. Second, the research attempt to find a possible definition of the retail-less city based on the increase of brick-and-mortar store and bank branch closures in Barcelona and Catalonia. Then, it explores some alternatives in urban policies and planning, using examples from Barcelona. Finally, the conclusion returns to the contemporary theories on globalization and planetary urbanization.

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Section: Ephemeral Concepts As a Sign Of The Increasing Speed Of Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Could a Retail-Less City Be Sustainable? The Digitalization of the Urban Economy against the City

Carreras

Frago

2022

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Business Improvement Districts: A Systematic Review of an Urban Governance Model towards City Center Revitalization

Guimarães

2021

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For some time, business improvement districts (BIDs) have entered into the discourse and practice of academics and urban planners. This model for town centre revitalization was created in North America, whose success has led to its transfer to a growing number of countries. This evolution highlights the importance of BIDs as an urban planning practice, as well as an object of study for academics interested in new models for intervening in central urban areas. BIDs are public–private partnerships, framed within an entrepreneurial logic of urban management that aims to increase the cities’ competitiveness. In this article, we aim to unfold the main research subjects of the literature focused on BIDs. We develop a systematic review for said endeavor, resorting to the established PRISMA protocol. After the screening and analysis of selected articles, four main research subjects were documented: (i) urban governance; (ii) urban policies: mobility and transfer; (iii) activities/axis of intervention; and (iv) types of BIDs/places of intervention. The selected literature enhances the contradictory nature of BIDs, ranging from the economic revitalization of city centres to the occasional exclusionary stance, in which it is developed. Our analysis also points to the important role of different actors in all stages of the policy transfer and implementation.

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Retail Policies and Urban Change in Naples City Center: Challenges to Resilience and Sustainability from a Mediterranean City

Sommella

D'Alessandro

2021

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Political discourses, public discussions, and studies in different fields have increasingly focused on the vulnerabilities affecting cities and on the possible responses to them, which are often traced back to urban resilience and sustainability. Research and debates in the field of retailing and consumption geographies are no exception. To carry out a critical analysis on the retail policies associated with the urban commercial change of the Naples city center, the case study is placed in the context of the literature review focusing on three concepts: spatial vulnerability, adaptive resilience, and territorialized sustainability. The analysis is conducted combining data, policy, and planning documents with long-term field research. The changing relationship between consumption practices, retail dynamics, and policies highlights a sort of hybridization of commercial and consumption central cityscapes, which is produced by the coexistence between retail-led phenomena of regeneration and forms of local resistance. The results of the research highlight, from a Mediterranean perspective, new general insights on the impact of selective forms of vulnerability and on the adaptive resilience strategies adopted, but most of all on the indispensable rethinking of the urban retail governance for the enhancement of urban livability, social cohesion, and locally sustainable lifestyles, activities, and places.

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Comércio, Consumo & Governança Urbana

Cited by 4 publications

References 100 publications

Could a Retail-Less City Be Sustainable? The Digitalization of the Urban Economy against the City

Could a Retail-Less City Be Sustainable? The Digitalization of the Urban Economy against the City

Business Improvement Districts: A Systematic Review of an Urban Governance Model towards City Center Revitalization

Retail Policies and Urban Change in Naples City Center: Challenges to Resilience and Sustainability from a Mediterranean City

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