Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks

Andres Sevtsuk

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2020

Street Commerce

Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks

Andres Sevtsuk

In the series The City in the Twenty-First Century

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297089

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About this book

Street commerce is deeply intertwined with myriad contemporary urban visions and planning goals and has become an increasingly prominent issue in urban areas. In Street Commerce, Andres Sevtsuk offers a comprehensive analysis of the issues involved in implementing successful street commerce and suggests innovative solutions.

Author / Editor information

Andres Sevtsuk is Professor of Urban Science and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Reviews

"The energy of city streets is fueled by their commerce. Shop windows try to entice you. Food trucks deliver aromas that surround you. Yet the rise of e-commerce creates uncertainty about the future of cities and their shops. Andres Sevtsuk's Street Commerce provides an invaluable guide to the present and future of urban retail. If you are planning a city or opening a store or renting an apartment, Sevtsuk's fascinating book helps you to make sense of the buying and selling that shapes neighborhoods. Sevtsuk combines serious scholarship with a flair for grasping the essential aspects of urban commercial life. This is an important book that reminds us that modern cities are built around gains from trade."—Edward Glaeser, Harvard University

"Street Commerce makes a valuable connection between planning and retail commerce, showing how retail can be an integral part of increasing the vibrancy of street life in urban areas. Andres Sevtsuk draws upon a multidisciplinary background, as well as his own international experiences living and working in different global cities, to offer a unique perspective."—Peter Hendee Brown, University of Minnesota

"The future of cities won't be delivered to your door or found by driving to a big-box store. Andres Sevtsuk finds the commercial and social heart of the world's cities on the shopping street just around the corner."—Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates, former Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Transportation

"Andres Sevtsuk has provided a compelling, practical account of how to bring streets to life economically. Based on thorough research, Street Commerce explores how to protect small shops, work with e-commerce, and integrate commercial and non-commercial activities. For planners and the public alike, this is a must-read."—Richard Sennett

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Predictability, and Unpredictability, of Street Commerce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 2. The Survival of Individual Stores Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter 3. How Stores Cluster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 4. Coordinated Clustering: Business Improvement Districts, Co- ops, and Malls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 5. Location, Location, Location: How Retailers Gravitate to Homes, Workplaces, and Pedestrians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 6. How Urban Design and Building Typologies Affect Retail Location Patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Chapter 7. How Demographic Shifts and E- Commerce Are Reshaping the Retail Landscape Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Other: 83 illus.
Keywords: business improvement district; business improvement ideas; street commerce; retail landscape is changing; changing retail landscape; urban planning and public policy; urban renewal; urban revitalization; redevelopment; public private partnership

eBook

Published: June 12, 2020
ISBN: 9780812297089