New identities for district centres
Many district centres in inner urban areas are in decline because their poor shopping environment cannot compete effectively with superstores, retail parks and modernised town centres. Their inexpensive premises, however, allow opportunities for innovative businesses as well as non-profit-making community and arts facilities. This paper examines whether Clifton Street, one of Cardiff's oldest district centres, can be successfully ‘branded’ as a specialist shopping, service and entertainment destination, while retaining its ‘basket shopping’ function for local residents and workers. Evidence is derived from surveys of traders and landowners, a planning consultants’ study, and interviews with local community interests and potential funders of environmental improvements to the centre. The conclusions are that public sector intervention and finance are essential for the centre's revival, but that there is little case at present for developing a marketing strategy and ‘brand’ for the centre.
Revival of inner-city retail areas: The potential role of property owners
Little is known about the ownership structures and attitudes of property owners in non-central retail and business areas of inner cities in the UK. This paper reports the findings of a survey carried out in Cardiff which attempted to investigate these structures and attitudes. It is found that ownership is fragmented across a wide variety of local individuals and companies, and that attitudes range from apparently complete unconcern over the area's problems to a deep concern for the future.
An analysis of patients discharged from a hospital‐based glaucoma case‐finding clinic over a 3‐year period
Purpose:  To analyse the false positive referrals by community optometrists to a glaucoma case‐finding clinic over a 3‐year period.