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Re-activating Retail Spaces: A Toolbox for Strategies, Policies and Pilot Projects

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Re-activation of Vacant Retail Spaces

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Abstract

The current appearance of vacancies and dead malls , which affects cities and suburban areas all across Europe and Italy, should be used as an opportunity to re-think the usual planning approach to retail and its spaces. An alternative model would pay more attention to both spatial and regulative aspects, as argued in the forthcoming paragraph. For this reason, we will then propose a toolbox including guidelines and policy approaches aimed at re-activating suburban big boxes and urban retail districts. The final part is devoted to highlighting the potential role of retail spaces as an engine to re-activate public life and local economies in contemporary cities, as well as a driver enhancing their attractiveness for inhabitants, city-users and tourists.

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    A topic tackled with public determination in the recent regional pilot-projects of Lombardy “Fare impresa in franchising in Lombardia” and “STO@ 2020—Successful Shops in Town-centers through Traders, Owners & Arts Alliance”, aimed at granting contributions for innovation interventions in support of the revival of retail activities in urban areas through the recovery of vacant spaces found inside urban districts .

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Tamini, L. (2018). Re-activating Retail Spaces: A Toolbox for Strategies, Policies and Pilot Projects. In: Re-activation of Vacant Retail Spaces. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70872-0_3

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