Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Guimarães, Pedro Porfírio
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35705
Resumo: Retail planning policies have become more important in the course of retail change that negatively affected traditional trade centers of several Western European countries after the 1950s. Consequently, governments have begun to more actively control the development and location of new large-scale retail developments. The objective of this article is to analyze the evolution of the policy designed to control the implementation of new retail developments in Portugal. We aim to answer the following research question: “What have been the main characteristics of planning permissions for new retail developments in Portugal?” Besides the theoretical support, our research was based on the analysis of the Portuguese legislation implemented to regulate retail, especially major retail developments. We conclude that, overall, retail planning policies balance between periods characterized by the restrictiveness regarding the opening of new large retail developments and periods where the legislation is smoother, mainly with the objective of increasing innovation in retail, through new formats and companies. Consequently, although ambiguous, this control of retail development has allowed the government to respond both to private promoters and independent retailers.
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title Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
spellingShingle Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
Guimarães, Pedro Porfírio
retail
Portugal
retail planning
planning permissions
retail development
title_short Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
title_full Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
title_fullStr Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
title_sort Controlling Retail Development between Restrictiveness and Innovation: insights from Portugal
author Guimarães, Pedro Porfírio
author_facet Guimarães, Pedro Porfírio
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Guimarães, Pedro Porfírio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv retail
Portugal
retail planning
planning permissions
retail development
topic retail
Portugal
retail planning
planning permissions
retail development
description Retail planning policies have become more important in the course of retail change that negatively affected traditional trade centers of several Western European countries after the 1950s. Consequently, governments have begun to more actively control the development and location of new large-scale retail developments. The objective of this article is to analyze the evolution of the policy designed to control the implementation of new retail developments in Portugal. We aim to answer the following research question: “What have been the main characteristics of planning permissions for new retail developments in Portugal?” Besides the theoretical support, our research was based on the analysis of the Portuguese legislation implemented to regulate retail, especially major retail developments. We conclude that, overall, retail planning policies balance between periods characterized by the restrictiveness regarding the opening of new large retail developments and periods where the legislation is smoother, mainly with the objective of increasing innovation in retail, through new formats and companies. Consequently, although ambiguous, this control of retail development has allowed the government to respond both to private promoters and independent retailers.
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