ABSTRACT

Car-dependent cities of the mid-late twentieth century transformed urban shopping as shopping centres became privatised and separated from urban life – traditional main streets were often replaced by suburban malls and then power centres (big-box clusters). We identify 13 emerging synergies between these retail types and critique the ways the synergies may foster or endanger urban public life. This evidence suggests contradictory trends: a return to urbanity with more fine-grained, mixed-use, and pedestrian-friendly shopping, juxtaposed with anti-urban tendencies of entrenched car-dependency and sophisticated private control. The role of planning in creating resilient urbanity is at stake.

摘要

二十世纪中后期依赖汽车的城市改变了城市购物，因为购物中心变得私有化并与城市生活分离——传统的主要街道经常被郊区购物中心和电力中心（大盒子集群）所取代。我们确定了这些零售类型之间的 13 种新兴协同效应，并批评了这些协同效应可能促进或危及城市公共生活的方式。这一证据表明了相互矛盾的趋势：回归城市，更加精细、混合用途和行人友好的购物，与根深蒂固的汽车依赖和复杂的私人控制的反城市趋势并列。规划在创造弹性城市方面的作用受到威胁。