In developing countries under the assumptions of new retail geography, the debate shifted away from the conception of retail transformation as the gradual replacement of traditional forms by chain stores towards the complementarity of traditional and modern as modernization proceeds. Then the study of retail geography shifted the focus away from homogenization towards differentiation of retail space. In human geography, on one hand, the emergence of the political economy perspective and on the other hand, the cultural turn in the critical human geography led to the appearance of so-called “new geography” perspective in retailing. Similarly in developing countries despite the penetration of global consumption values accompanied by a modernization of retail forms, distinct retail structures evolved. However, socio-economic and cultural forces have interpreted global economic processes in different ways in different countries, producing similar as well as contrasting compositions. Murat Güvenç January 2002, 195 pages After the 1980s, the re-organization of world markets through global penetration of western consumer values has extended the consumption functions of most economies creating new spaces of consumption. ABSTRACT CHANGING THEORY OF URBAN CONSUMPTION AND GEOGRAPHY OF RETAILING – MAPPING THE TRANSFORMATION OF RETAIL LANDSCAPES IN ISTANBUL IN THE POST-1990 PERIOD FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ PERSPECTIVE ELDENER Boyacı, Yonca Ph.D., Department of City and Regional Planning Supervisor: Assoc.
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