Retailers' resilience strategies and their impacts on urban spaces in Turkey
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2014
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Elsevier Sci Ltd
Abstract
Recent developments in the retail sector in Turkey have created a dynamic environment, with different resilience strategies of actors forming the sector providing a new context in which to discuss urban transformation. The developments have contributed to the public's awareness regarding multifaceted problems in the retail sector, many of which have a negative impact on urban space. Retailers, citizens and governing bodies variously contribute to this issue with different perceptions of and strategies on how to adapt to the changes. How these dynamics work and influence urban space in the Turkish context is the main focus of this research. A field survey in Ankara revealed that the resilience strategies of traditional retailers are reactive rather than proactive. This situation provides them with the flexibility to adapt themselves more quickly to the changes in the sector. However, as there is no holistic retail policy in Turkey, reactive strategies also result in unplanned use of urban space. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Retailing, Resilience strategies, Urban spaces, Turkey
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Citation
35
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Q1
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Q1
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36
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Start Page
112
End Page
120