The Politics of Peripheral Shopping Centre Development in Northwest Europe in the 1990s: The Cases of Manchester, Amsterdam and Oberhausen

by Evers, David; Guy, Clifford

• ISBN13: 9780773450103
• ISBN10: 0773450106
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-09
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Summary

A contribution to the literature on retail planning and the circumvention of national policies by local authorities.

Author Biography

Dr. David Evers is a researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research. He obtained his Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the University of Amsterdam.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
A Note on Sources and Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
Retail development as an object of study	p. 3
Literature/contribution	p. 15
Main research question	p. 18
Theoretical framework	p. 19
Methodology	p. 23
Plan of book	p. 29
Retail Development	p. 33
The economic approach to retail development	p. 33
The spatial planning approach to retail development	p. 50
The political economy approach to retail development	p. 63
Conclusions	p. 72
Theoretical Framework	p. 75
Origins of the new institutionalism	p. 76
Conceptual framework	p. 85
Conclusions	p. 106
Case Study Oberhausen	p. 109
National/state context	p. 111
Regional context	p. 129
Local context	p. 140
Design and development of the Neue Mitte	p. 151
Impact and evaluation	p. 174
Conclusions	p. 194
Case Study Manchester	p. 203
National context	p. 204
Regional context	p. 237
Local context	p. 250
Trafford Centre	p. 264
Manchester City Centre	p. 273
Evaluation of impacts	p. 283
Conclusions	p. 298
Case Study Amsterdam	p. 309
National context	p. 310
Regional context	p. 335
Local context	p. 352
The Centrumgebied	p. 366
Issues and impacts	p. 398
Cogitations and conclusions	p. 407
Conclusions	p. 425
Reflection on purposes and methods	p. 426
Explanations arising from the case studies	p. 430
Comparison of cases	p. 436
Implications	p. 446
Bibliography	p. 455
Interviews and Discussions	p. 485
Subject Index	p. 487
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