Commercial characteristics Urban sprawl
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another prominent form of retail development in areas characterized sprawl shopping mall. unlike strip mall, composed of single building surrounded parking lot contains multiple shops, anchored 1 or more department stores (gruen , smith 1960). function , size distinct strip mall. focus exclusively on recreational shopping rather daily goods. shopping malls tend serve wider (regional) public , require higher-order infrastructure such highway access , can have floorspaces in excess of million square feet (ca. 100,000 m²). shopping malls detrimental downtown shopping centres of nearby cities since shopping malls act surrogate city centre (crawford 1992). downtowns have responded challenge building shopping centres of own (frieden , sagelyn 1989).
fast food chains built in areas low property values population expected boom , large traffic predicted, , set precedent future development. eric schlosser, in book fast food nation, argues fast food chains accelerate suburban sprawl , set tone expansive parking lots, flashy signs, , plastic architecture (65). duany plater zyberk & company believe reinforces destructive pattern of growth in endless quest move away sprawl results in creating more of it.
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