Published: 2020-10-25

Shopping centres – main problems research

Sławomir Czerwiński

Abstract

Shopping centres are not a recent form of commerce activity in urban areas. The very beginning of this kind of trade organization in United States goes back into the past as far as the first decades of the twentieth century. in the last decade of the same century, shopping centres reached the stage of maturity, both in America and in Europe. Nevertheless, new, multidimensional studies in this subject are still carried out and they are characterized with high dynamism. On the basis of extended literature survey, the author has decided to divide the entire research period into two phases. The first, fundamental one (until 1956) is a starting point of all studies, defining a genesis and evolution of the initial form of shopping centre concept. The second, mature phase (after 1956), encounters a separation of four major research lines, i.e.: technical, localization, system-economical and behavioural. All the above mentioned parts work and interact with each other, creating a complex system of mutual dependencies, which undergoes permanent evolution under the influence of new, specialized research branches.

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shopping centre/center, shopping mall, mall, research trends, research periods literature

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Czerwiński, S. (2020). Shopping centres – main problems research. Studia Miejskie, 8, 171–188. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/sm/article/view/2354

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