ABSTRACT

In this paper, the density and location of retail properties located within the primary retailing areas of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Liverpool and Nottingham are investigated over a 17 year period. The study is novel due to the original spatial databases developed and unique combination of established methods employed to explore spatial change within these northern UK cities. The paper starts from the premise that retailing markets display adaptive resilience where adaptations in use and variation in retail clustering will occur in response to endogenous and exogenous shocks that disturb the market’s agglomerative and competitive effects. The results suggest that significant new retail-led developments have intra-urban spatial outcomes that impact on the size and location of prime and secondary retailing pitches. In urban retailing centres where there have been no substantive supply disruptions, disturbances in the socio-economic environment can create contractions at the peripheral edges of the prime retailing pitch. This study is significant in providing a historical perspective of the micro-level effects of new development, changing customer shopping habits and shifting retailer location preferences. In addition, the research develops replicable and robust methods that can be employed to examine and monitor spatial change in urban centres. Understanding these dynamic micro-spatial effects are important for the future management of urban centres.

摘要

在本文中，对位于爱丁堡、格拉斯哥、赫尔、利物浦和诺丁汉主要零售区内的零售物业的密度和位置进行了 17 年的调查。由于开发了原始空间数据库，并且独特地结合了用于探索这些英国北部城市空间变化的既定方法，因此该研究具有新颖性。本文从零售市场表现出适应性弹性的前提出发，在这种情况下，零售集群的使用和变化将发生适应性变化，以应对扰乱市场集聚和竞争效应的内生和外生冲击。结果表明，以新零售为主导的重大开发项目具有影响主要和二级零售店的规模和位置的城市内部空间成果。在没有实质性供应中断的城市零售中心，社会经济环境的干扰可能会在主要零售场地的外围造成收缩。这项研究对于提供新开发、不断变化的客户购物习惯和不断变化的零售商位置偏好的微观影响的历史视角具有重要意义。此外，该研究开发了可复制且稳健的方法，可用于检查和监测城市中心的空间变化。了解这些动态的微观空间效应对于城市中心的未来管理很重要。这项研究对于提供新开发、不断变化的客户购物习惯和不断变化的零售商位置偏好的微观影响的历史视角具有重要意义。此外，该研究开发了可复制且稳健的方法，可用于检查和监测城市中心的空间变化。了解这些动态的微观空间效应对于城市中心的未来管理很重要。这项研究对于提供新开发、不断变化的客户购物习惯和不断变化的零售商位置偏好的微观影响的历史视角具有重要意义。此外，该研究开发了可复制且稳健的方法，可用于检查和监测城市中心的空间变化。了解这些动态的微观空间效应对于城市中心的未来管理很重要。