Written in an engaging and accessible style, How to save our town centres asks whether the internet has killed our high streets and how the relationship between people and places is changing, how business is done and who benefits, and how the use and ownership of land affects us all
Written in an engaging and accessible style, How to Save Our Town Centres asks whether the internet has killed our high streets and how the relationship between people and places is changing, how business is done and who benefits, and how the use and ownership of land affects us all.
Has the age of the internet killed our high streets? Have our town and city centres become obsolete? How to Save Our Town Centres delves below the surface of empty buildings and 'shop local' campaigns to focus on the real issues: how the relationship between people and places is changing; how business is done and who benefits; and how the use and ownership of land affects us all. Written in an engaging and accessible style and illustrated with numerous original interviews, the book sets out a comprehensive and coherent agenda for long-term, citizen-led change. It will be a valuable resource for policymakers and researchers in planning, architecture and the built environment, economic development and community participation
Written in an engaging and accessible style, How to save our town centres asks whether the internet has killed our high streets and how the relationship between people and places is changing, how business is done and who benefits, and how the use and ownership of land affects us all
From popping up to pricing outTaking a longer view; 4. Lost in the supermarket; Merry Hill: the anodyne agora; Hubs of local communities?; The balloon that can only get bigger; One store to rule them all; A bigger share of a smaller pie; A stirring in utopia; 5. Declaring independence; The new Luddites?; The independence fighters; When the fight fails; From failing better to moving mountains; From independence to interdependence; Part Two. Tomorrow; 6. Raise a glass to the new economy; Swimming against the tide; The creative spirit of cheese; Peer-to-peer business.
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