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Where Is the Café? The Challenge of Making Retail Uses Viable in Mixed-use Suburban Developments.
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PMID:  21174898     Owner:  HMD     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Contemporary planners see mixing residential, retail and other compatible uses as an essential planning principle. This paper explores the challenges that planners, developers and municipal councillors encounter in trying to implement retail uses as part of the mix in suburban areas in three Canadian cities. The study finds that planners employ evolutionary theories of urban development to naturalise their normative visions of walkable and sociable communities. By contrast, developers point to consumer behaviour to explain why planners’ ideas on mix do not work. In a society where people shop at big-box outlets, making the local café or pub commercially viable proves increasingly challenging.
Authors:
Jill Grant; Katherine Perrott
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)     Volume:  48     ISSN:  0042-0980     ISO Abbreviation:  Urban Stud     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100970552     Medline TA:  Urban Stud     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  177-95     Citation Subset:  Q    
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University.
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