This book presents an original methodology for analyzing urban retail systems addressing the
strong retail meltdown (increase in closed corner-shops and dead malls) that is severely
affecting cities and suburban areas in Europe and the USA. Taking into account both spatial and
regulative aspects it offers a new approach to retailing and retail spaces developed within
the urban planning field. The book describes international case studies together with solutions
to the problem of vacant retail spaces and provides a comprehensive toolbox of guidelines
useful to local and regional governments facing the problem of retail meltdown. As such it is
of interest to architects engineers urban planners decision-makers and government
representatives. It also provides a valuable methodological reference resource for researchers
engaged in this particular field of study.
