Retail geography and the building of a sustainable city

Some thoughts from the French case

Bibliographic Data

ID19070317
AuthorsPhilippe Dugot (0000-0003-1410-4460, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume3
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBELGEO (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1377-2368 • E-ISSN: 2294-9135
PublisherKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (PUBLISHER • BE)
DOI10.4000/12vze
OpenAlexW4405221069
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Many questions arising from sustainable development remain judicious, even if the concept is legitimately discussed in the community of geographers. This article aims to focus on the actors and modalities of the creation of a sustainable city based on a sectoral approach: retail trade taken as an economic element and important urban function. After a reflection on the frequent instrumentalization of sustainability, it is a question of demonstrating the fertility of the cross-approach between many aspects of the urban crisis and the modalities of the modernization of commerce since the 1960s. The article then aims to discuss the urban planning responses given. This leads to opening the debate on the legitimacy of public action vs. the interests and tools of private companies. This article is based on the French case. Its singularities are recalled. But the analyses and questions can concern other urban contexts

Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Legitimacy · Modalities · Modernization theory · Political science · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Urban planning · Engineering · French Urban and Social Studies

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