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Planning for Town Centre “Smart-Decline”/“Rightsizing”: A New Lens for Strategy Development and Research?

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  • Neil A. Powe
  • Danny Oswell

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Consistent with ideas of urban shrinkage, many town centres have experienced years of increasing vacancy due to the loss of brand name retailers, and a crisis has emerged as conditions have deteriorated. This paper makes conceptual and practical linkages to the related “smart-decline”/“rightsizing” literature to provide insights regarding the challenges of town centre shrinkage and the strategies and governance structures required to realise the opportunities arising. These conceptions/ideas are applied through case study analysis, with the findings suggesting that adopting “smart-decline”/“rightsizing” concepts/ideas provides an important new lens for future town centre research.

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  • Neil A. Powe & Danny Oswell, 2022. "Planning for Town Centre “Smart-Decline”/“Rightsizing”: A New Lens for Strategy Development and Research?," Planning Theory & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 499-517, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rptpxx:v:23:y:2022:i:4:p:499-517
    DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2022.2109718
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    1. Carlos J. L. Balsas, 2024. "Urban Revitalization in Small Cities across the Atlantic Ocean," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-19, January.

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