TY - BOOK AU - Tamini,Luca ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Re-activation of Vacant Retail Spaces: Strategies, Policies and Guidelines T2 - PoliMI SpringerBriefs, SN - 9783319708720 U1 - 690 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Civil Engineering KW - Building Construction and Design KW - Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) KW - Urban Economics N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70872-0 ER -