In the last decades, a tendency towards urban tissue densification has been observed to
counteract the urban sprawl. Densification may be achieved through more compact built …

While commerce is one of the key activities in cities, its spatial description still requires
further attention, especially by considering the different dimensions of commercial space …

Storefront vacancy has been a widespread and worldwide phenomenon, raising concerns
about the changing characteristic of the retail landscape, loss of community vitality, and …

In this article, we highlight the pressing need for integrating the windows of opportunities that
digital transformation of education opens up with circular economy education to accelerate …

The decline of retailing in cities is well documented in the international literature, but to date
there has been little research in Australia. The objective of this study, conducted in regional …

The role of local government in ensuring cities and town centres are attractive options for
shoppers is well documented in the international literature. However, there is a paucity of …

“The city is a market place”(Weber, 1969), but also where “strangers are likely to
meet”(Sennett, 1977). Put together, Weber's and Sennett's definitions of the city bring us to …

The aim of this theoretical research is to analyze the state of retail distribution nowadays,
reviewing the dynamics of action that contribute to the move from a linear to an incipient …

The spatial organization of stores plays a crucial role in the production and development of
the urban form while, at the same time, being strongly influenced from the physical …

Over the last two decades, a growing number of works in urban studies have revealed how
micro-retail distribution is significantly related to specific properties of the urban built …