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Shopping centres in decline: analysis of demalling in Lisbon
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Cities and retail are intrinsically connected and in evolution. Malling in the United States is characterised by the
peripheral implementation of large shopping centres in close connection with urban sprawl that characterise the
urban development of that country. However, in a process that has been gaining relevance, several shopping
centres have declined. A practice commonly referred to as demalling emerged, through which shopping centres
began to be redeveloped to acquire new functions. Although more incipient, in Europe this process is just now
evolving as some shopping centres begin to decline becoming dead malls. The aim of this article is to explore
demalling, unfolding evidences of such practice in this latter geographical context. Based on a case study
methodology, we developed fieldwork in Lisbon municipality and analysed 55 shopping centres. Our main
results stress the low economic viability of the majority of these retail precincts and uncovered that several
redevelopment measures are already in place, framing the demalling process of that city. Overall, two main
categories of interventions were unfolded, both of which possess similarities to the measures implemented in
North America: (i) moving out, in which the shopping centre appropriates part of the public space; (ii) functional
requalification, in which other functions become relevant to the detriment of the previous exclusive commercial
function.
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Demalling Shopping centres Lisbon Dead malls Retail typologies Greyfields
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Guimarães, Pedro (2019). Shopping centres in decline: analysis of demalling in Lisbon. Cities, 87, 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.12.021
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Elsevier