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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Shopping Centre"”.
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Mall re-imagined reconsidering a Cape Town shopping centre
There is a common assumption that shopping malls are "bad" buildings. But this thesis aims to contest this assumption and offer a new way to approach shopping centre design. The shopping mall is not bad in the sens that it functions highly effieciently and serves the retail requirements of both …
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Aspects of planning in relation to Claremont shopping centre
… that of retailing; the area of focus being the shopping centre. This environment is one which displays a complex set of spatial and human relationships involving amongst others location, size, rent structure, shopping mix, movement, fashion, socio-economic status, expenditure patterns and …
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Community development: the use of corporate social responsibility initiatives by shopping centre landlords
The growing power of shopping centres within communities has changed the economic landscape and has also attracted concerns from society. This has inspired an increasing call for shopping centres landlords to play a substantial role in community development. This study explores the relationship …
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The role of communication tools in shopping centre management within the greater Durban area
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the Master's Degree of Technology: Public Relations Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2013.
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The transformation of the regional shopping centre : an examination of six case studies in Vancouver B.C.
Shopping centres have dominated retailing in North America since the 1950's. But today, many shopping centres are facing serious problems. The future, which once looked unlimited and bright, now seems problematic. It is this transformation on which this thesis will focus. This thesis examines the …
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Fear and belonging in Kontula : negotiating difference in everyday urban encounters at an East Helsinki shopping centre
Tässä tutkielmassa tarkastellaan arkisia kohtaamisia ja sosiaalista vuorovaikutusta helsinkiläisessä lähiössä. Tutkimus käsittelee, kuinka Kontulan lähiön asukkaat kohtaavat sosiaalista ja kulttuurillista erilaisuutta arkielämässään. Tutkimuksessa keskitytään Kontulan ostoskeskuksen puolijulkisiin …
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Consumer perceptions, preferences, and their purchase intentions for organically grown products in Shelly Beach shopping centre, Port Shepstone
… organically grown products in the Shelly Beach Shopping centre in Port Shepstone under the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality of the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The study was quantitative and employed a descriptive cross-sectional design. A systematic random sampling method was employed. The study …
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The Competition Commission's non-referral of exclusivity clauses in the shopping centre lease context: a monumental misjudgement - A Section 5(1) analysis of anticompetitiveness
… agreements of including exclusivity clauses in shopping centre lease agreements between a supermarket anchor tenant and the landlord of a shopping centre. It is the contention of this paper that such clause s are anticompetitive when considered specifically in light of section 5(1) of the South …
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Black consumers’ shopping patronage and perceptions of the Riverside Mall’s attractiveness
The shopping centre industry is booming and shopping centres are built and planned in areas where previously there were no formal shopping opportunities. The profile of the typical South African shopper or consumer has changed from the traditional white affluent consumer to a diverse mix of …
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Recycling initiatives in UK shopping centres, factors critical to success
Waste management of UK shopping centres must contend with operational performance, variable levels of landlord or corporate financial support, escalating costs of recycling programs and disposal charges for landfill. Recurrent critics challenge the economic prudence and environmental benefit of …
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Locating senior walking frame users in crowded indoor environments
… elderly people in their excursions to a crowded shopping centre. The main requirement is that the system provides an approximate locations of multiple elderly people during an excursion to a crowded shopping centre. The residents are to use walking frames for locomotion, thus their motion is …
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Toward a sustainable energy future: Peak load shaving in commercial properties to reduce cost of energy
… was trained on historical data from a commercial shopping centre in Cape Town using a hypothetical battery. Two scenarios were considered; the first assumed the absence of solar in the energy system while the second assumed its presence. Once trained, the learning agents were tested on unfamiliar …
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An investigation of the traffic affecting the retail structure of the Claremont business centre
… growth points must be added the true regional shopping centre set in the country and surrounded by its sea of parked vehicles. The regional centre has, as yet, not developed in South Africa but the phenomenon of decentralisation has stimulated the growth in certain of the old established local …
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Determining the best options for facilities management (FM) service delivery in UK shopping centres
… explore how facilities management services in UK shopping centres have been managed and services delivered. This includes looking at how shopping centre managers determined the best options of FM service delivery in the shopping centres. As the research identified the dilemma of shopping centre …
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Examining the Impacts of a New Regional Inner-City Retail Development on Liverpool’s Existing Inner-City Shopping Centres and Other Retail Areas
… regard to retailers in traditional town and city centres. The publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in 2012 set out the government’s objectives for town centres. The key strategies from the paper were to promote their vitality and viability by planning for their growth and …
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Shoplifting as a consumer misbehaviour: an exploratory study of shoplifting applying a consumer behaviour approach
… was completed by 417 shoppers using the shopping centre of Northampton, 32% of whom admitted to shoplifting behaviour, with 7% having shoplifted in the previous 12 months. The second questionnaire was completed by 444 Northampton school students, 51% of whom admitted to shoplifting, with …
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The Wynberg centre : an evaluation of its potential future within the metropolis of Cape Town
… Firstly there is need for a structure of centres providing a wider range of facilities closer to home. Secondly, the Wynberg centre is slowly changing to become almost exclusively a shopping centre, and thirdly, the quality of the environment of the centre is also declining. The first …
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A comparative sociological analysis of the redevelopment of two urban localities in the West Midlands (Merry Hill complex, Dudley and Broad Street development, Birmingham)
… area and the construction of the Merry Hill shopping centre in Dudley Borough. Analysed in terms of stability and crisis, the thesis examines how localities experienced economic decline and how service sector projects were formulated as a method of regeneration. Ostensibly, the thesis …
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Pedestrians walking speed and psychological distance at bus terminal and shopping mall
… two locations which are bus terminal and two shopping malls namely Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS), MyTown Shopping Centre and Sunway Velocity Mall. In overall, the fastest walking speed was obtained at bus terminal and the slowest was obtained at shopping mall with the average walking speed …
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Extending our senses: music, nostalgia, space, artefact and the Mediterranean imaginary among the Greek- and Turkish-speaking Cypriot diaspora in Birmingham (UK)
… Chapter 3, ‘Zorba’, takes us to the Bullring Shopping Centre and a dance flash-mob; and in Chapter 4, a father-son duo (Stavros Flatley) reprises the famous neo-Celtic performances of Michael Flatley for Britain’s Got Talent. Chapter 5 examines Lil Maaz’s music-video Eat Kebabs and its effect …
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