Retail Development and Urban Planning
Code
722041091
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
José Afonso Teixeira
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know the recent changes in trade and distribution in Portugal; b) To understand the logic in the real estate trading and services markets; c) To recognize the logics of retail location at urban scale; d) To discuss the economic and social importance of trade in rural areas; e) To analyse the issues of trade and consumption from a development perspective; f) To understand the importance of Urban Commercial Planning; g) To know some aspects of the evolution of regulation of commercial equipment in the European Union; h) To know the evolution of public intervention in retailing in Portugal; i) To review the experiences of Urban Commercial Planning in Portugal; j) To develop critical thinking about the relationship between new forms of commerce, organization of space and urban lifestyles; k) To develop technical reports in the field of Urban Commercial Planning; l) To apply the acquired knowledge to practical situations, notably in studies of retail location.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
I Retail and the City: recent changes in a millenary relation. I.1. Recent changes in retail and distribution: for the city or against the city? I.2. From concentric structures to new centres: the future after the growth in the periphery.
II - Real Estate Development, Retailing and the Structure of Urban Space: Context and Paradigms II.1. Neo-liberalism and urban development II.2. Real estate development process II.3. Urban land use and theories of soil value II.4. Retailing, Urban Sustainability and Resilience II.5. Retailing, urban renewal and regeneration
III- Urban retail planning: Policies and experiences. III.1. Conceptual and methodological bases of urban retail planning III.2. Experiences in the European countries and in the USA. III.3. Experiences in Portugal III.4. Interventions in city centres: case studies. III.5. Strategic charters of urban retail planning. III.6. City centres management: justification and examples of management models.
IV-Bridges for the future I. Retail, consumption and development models. II. Rethinking the relationship between retailing and the city in the postmodern city.
Bibliography
BALSAS, Carlos J.L.(2002), Urbanismo Comercial e parcerias público-privado, Ministério da Economia: Gabinete de Estudos e Prospectiva Económica/Observatório do Comércio, Lisboa.
CACHINHO, H. (2005), O comércio retalhista: da oferta de bens às experiências de vida, in Carlos Alberto Medeiros (dir), Geografia de Portugal, vol.3, Actividades económicas e espaço geográfico. Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores.
CACHINHO, H. (2014), Consumerscapes and the resilience assessment of urban retail systems. Cities, Vol 36, p.131-144.
FERNANDES, J. R. CHAMUSCA P. (2014),Urban policies, planning and retail resilience. Cities,Vol 36, p.170-177.
GIBBS, Robert, J. (2011) Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development. N. Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
SALGUEIRO, T.B. e CACHINHO, H. (ed.) (2011), Retail Planning for the Resilient City. Consumption and Urban Regeneration. Lisboa, CEG.
Teaching method
Theoretical and practical classes: extensive explanation of program topics; analysis and discussion of textbooks´ chapters and papers; practical exercises in the classes, under supervision. Case studies analysis.
Evaluation method
1) Written test about a set of selected texts (35%).
2) Theoretical and practical work (about 20 pages.), with oral presentation (40%).
3) Short essay on a theme of the program (20%).
4) Presence in the classes and participation (5%).