Institutional obstacles in large-scale retail developments in the post-socialist period — A case study of Niš, Serbia

Maksić, Milica

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.04.005

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“…The earlier preference for building huge shopping centers on peripheries has declined and there has been a clear shift towards the development of brownfield sites rather than greenfield sites. There are two types of post-socialist countries (Maksić 2016). The first type is similar to developed European countries, where there have been attempts made to include large-scale retail building regulations into their legislation (Hungary and Poland).…”

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Development and classification of shopping centers in Czech and Slovak republics: A comparative analysis

Križan¹,

Kunc²,

Bilková³

et al. 2017

Auc Geographica

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Modern shopping centers of the "West-European" type have existed in the Czech and Slovak republics since 1997 and 2000, respectively, i.e. for less than two decades. Despite this rather short period they have become synonymous with the most significant transformations both in shopping behaviour and in the more generally understood patterns of social and cultural behavior of all population groups (entertainment and leisure time utilization). This article compares similarities and differences in the temporal, spatial and functional structures of shopping centers in two countries that had, until 1993, developed for seventy years as a single state, and which have demonstrated significant similarities in their economies, cultures and societies even after the separation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and classification of shopping centers in Czech and Slovak republics: A comparative analysis

Križan¹,

Kunc²,

Bilková³

et al. 2017

Auc Geographica

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“…These authors found that retailing led urban decentralisation with residential and job sprawl. Institutional obstacles to retail development were identified by Maksic (2016), who stated that land policy reform was crucially important for retail projects in postsocialist cities.…”

Section: Retail Sprawl Implications For Post-soviet Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Retail Sprawl in Post-Soviet Urban Residential Communities: Case Studies of Saint-Petersburg and Vilnius

Axenov

Krupickaitė

Morachevskaya

et al. 2018

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Since the beginning of the 1990s, Soviet urban residential communities have experienced rapid inflows of new urban functions. In this research project, two post-Soviet urban areas - Vilnius and St. Petersburg - are examined to indicate contrasting development paths over the last 30 years. The term “retail sprawl” describes correctly one of the important processes which have reshaped the former socialist microdistricts. We used data from the years 1987-1989, the last years of the socialist economy, and 2016 for 36 comparable research areas. By 2016 the structure of these formerly monofunctional areas made them functionally very similar to that of the urban core, including them in the intra-urban circulation of goods and capital, redirecting flows and making the city centre’s service burden much lighter. The results of the study provide a controversial contribution to the virtual discussion on universalism vs. uniqueness in post-socialist urban development. On the one hand, irrespective of contrasting “path-dependent” impacts, the structural results of retail development turned out to be generally identical in the studied cities at present, as well as in a prototypical North-American city 25 years ago. On the other hand, we found very pronounced differences compared to international patterns in morphological outcomes.

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“…Unlike Belgrade, most modern retail formats in Niš are built in naselje Duvanište, within the urban structure, but on the boundaries of the city (Roda shopping center (ex Mercator); Dis hypermarket; Interex hypermarket; retail park Stop shop). There is an uneven distribution of large-scale retail formats in relation to the distribution of housing in Niš, because the ownership status of the land (land in public ownership) was a predominant factor in choosing locations for large-scale retail projects [21].…”

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“…First group are procedures developed as part of the spatial planning system. The research of large-scale retail policies regarding spatial planning system in Serbia can be found in Maksić [21,22,23].…”

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Toward Defining Policy Framework for Large-Scale Retail Impact Addressing in Serbia

Maksić¹

2018

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The main objective of this paper was to research how policy framework in Serbia could be improved to address impacts of large-scale retail development. The first step of the research included identifying economical, social and environmental impacts of large-scale retail construction through the review of literature. The second step of the research included the analysis of different type of procedures for retail impact addressing, applied in developed European countries. Finally, policy framework in Serbia was analyzed and recommendations for its improvement are given in accordance with the experiences of European countries.

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Institutional obstacles in large-scale retail developments in the post-socialist period — A case study of Niš, Serbia

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Development and classification of shopping centers in Czech and Slovak republics: A comparative analysis

Development and classification of shopping centers in Czech and Slovak republics: A comparative analysis

Retail Sprawl in Post-Soviet Urban Residential Communities: Case Studies of Saint-Petersburg and Vilnius

Toward Defining Policy Framework for Large-Scale Retail Impact Addressing in Serbia

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