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Transformation and Sustainable Development of Shopping Centers: Case of Czech and Slovak Cities

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  • František Križan

    (Department of Regional Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia)

  • Josef Kunc

    (Department of Regional Economics and Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Kristína Bilková

    (Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 814 73 Bratislava, Slovakia)

  • Markéta Novotná

    (Department of Regional Economics and Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to critically evaluate the similarities and differences in the development of the temporal and spatial structure of shopping centers in the Czech and Slovak republics. We focused on the retail transformation and sustainable manifestations of the location and construction of shopping centers. We classified shopping centers according to their genesis, location in the city, and size of the gross leasable area. To analyze migration trends and geographic distribution characteristics of shopping centers in the capital cities of both countries (local level of analysis), we used spatial gravity and standard deviational ellipse. Generally, there is an analogous trend in the development of shopping centers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with a particular two- to four-year lag in Slovakia (west–east gradient). Despite this, we still perceive the demand for shopping centers in both countries as above average, and it is not declining. The construction of shopping centers, mainly in small towns, also indicates this trend. In Prague and Bratislava, the pattern of spatial expansion of shopping centers differs. Prague probably represents a more advanced phase of shopping center agglomeration. However, neither country has reached the state of clustering.

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  • František Križan & Josef Kunc & Kristína Bilková & Markéta Novotná, 2021. "Transformation and Sustainable Development of Shopping Centers: Case of Czech and Slovak Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2021:i:1:p:62-:d:708207
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    1. Saša Medić & Jelena Atanacković Jeličić & Milan Rapaić, 2024. "Advancing Social and Economic Sustainability in Urban Areas: A Methodology for Determining Architectural Programs of Shopping Centers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-25, April.

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