Over the past century in the theories of central places shops and services have been significant features of the traditional core of the city. But the localization strategies of large retailing chains have changed: moving from the city to the metropolitan - or post-metropolitan – space. For this reason some of the interpretative categories we usually deal with have to be updated. This paper is aimed at explaining the relevance of the concept of commercial polarities to understand the transformations in the retail formats and in their localization and at focusing on some exceptional “superplaces”. This research could be the key to comprehend the double role of those polarities – product and producer of changes - in the contemporary metropolitan areas.

From retail polarities to superplaces

MORANDI, CORINNA;PARIS, MARIO
2013-01-01

Abstract

Over the past century in the theories of central places shops and services have been significant features of the traditional core of the city. But the localization strategies of large retailing chains have changed: moving from the city to the metropolitan - or post-metropolitan – space. For this reason some of the interpretative categories we usually deal with have to be updated. This paper is aimed at explaining the relevance of the concept of commercial polarities to understand the transformations in the retail formats and in their localization and at focusing on some exceptional “superplaces”. This research could be the key to comprehend the double role of those polarities – product and producer of changes - in the contemporary metropolitan areas.
2013
polarità periferiche; Place making; Retail; Superluogo; centralità urbana
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
From retail polarities to superplaces -Morandi Paris - pag. 427 - 448.pdf

Accesso riservato

: Altro materiale allegato
Dimensione 3.68 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
3.68 MB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11311/828948
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact