Conclusion: Transforming Cities Through Temporary Urbanisms

Zhang, Amy Y.; Andres, Lauren

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61753-0_16

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“…This temporary urbanism approach typically involves 'processes, practices and policies of and for spatial adaptability, which allow the activation of a space in perceived need of transformation, thus leading to paths of change through a trajectory of transformation' (Andres and Kraftl, 2021). While originally stemming from more informal and spontaneous interventions and occupations on public space, temporary urbanism has increasingly been formalised and institutionalised as a deliberate urban regeneration strategy (Andres and Zhang, 2020). Here, the 'power of temporary use' (Oswalt et al, 2013) has been used to address issues of urban blight, vacancy, and decline (Colomb, 2012;Haydn and Temel, 2006;Martin et al, 2020).…”

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How are the UK Core Cities responding to retail-related challenges in city centres?

Shahab,

Webb

2023

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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City centres and their retail spaces have faced major challenges in recent years, including the rise of e-commerce and out-of-town retail, the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the current cost-of-living crisis. These challenges, along with other changes to the retail sector, have led to high retail vacancy rates, reduced footfall, and a decline in department stores, particularly in UK city centres that have struggled in recent years to attract sufficient visitors to remain economically viable. Many cities in the UK have prepared strategic plans to respond to the recent challenges of retail spaces of city centres. This paper aims to explore how the UK Core Cities have dealt with these challenges at a strategic level. Through analysing their strategic plans, this paper investigates whether they have acknowledged the major challenges in the retail sector, whilst classifying the strategies that they have adopted to deal with these challenges. The results show that the studied cities have acknowledged the major changes to the retail sector and have adopted various strategies to address retail-related challenges. These strategies can be classified into three categories of temporary interventions, economic and financial interventions, and planning and design interventions. While there are considerable similarities among the adopted strategies, some cities have developed more comprehensive and innovative strategies, particularly in relation to planning and design interventions.

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