The retail landscape, past, present and future: A geographical and morphological exploration

Paul Drechsler

doi:10.26182/5d1ade129b02c

The retail landscape, past, present and future: A geographical and morphological exploration

Paul Drechsler

UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

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If ubiquity and physical prominence are a guide, retailing is one of the most dominant representations of economic activity in typical western space economies. With an eye towards a possible future of technological disruption, this thesis explores how retail activity has been spatially and morphologically expressed in the urban landscape over time. The research employed a qualitative-dominant, sequential mixed methods form of inquiry in four research papers. Two papers were mainly theoretical in nature and two were empirical investigations. The thesis concludes with a conceptualisation of the contemporary retail environment and prognoses about retail landscapes in the future.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Maginn, Paul, Supervisor Tonts, Matthew, Supervisor
Award date	5 Jun 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/5d1ade129b02c
Publication status	Unpublished - 2019

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