Planning for resilient central-city shopping districts in the post-Covid era

An explanatory case study of the Hoddle Grid in Melbourne

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12913631
AutoresFangping Rao (0000-0002-6828-6944, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, autor correspondente), Sun Sheng Han (0000-0002-6542-1354, The University of Melbourne), Ran Pan (0000-0002-7563-779X, Delft University of Technology)
Ano2022
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas575-596
Data de publicação2022-02-24
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cjres/rsac003
OpenAlexW4213450095
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas40

This research explores how central-city shopping districts could be transformed to support a post-Covid lifestyle, where people re-embrace community, local streets and walking while relying more on online shopping. By reviewing metropolitan/city development plans since the 1980s and mapping changes of retail provisions, urban environment and pedestrian movements in Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid in the twenty-first century, this paper shows that planning policies focusing on people-centred experiences in the central-city shopping district helped to improve retail resilience. This paper thus adds insights to understanding the relentless retail landscape changes and has implications for central-city retail planning in the post-Covid era

Archaeology · Business · Central city · Civil engineering · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Geography · Metropolitan area · Pedestrian · Regional science · Urban planning · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Engineering · Regional resilience and development · Urban Transport and Accessibility