Overall, the spatial arrangement of land uses comprises strong retail activity corridors with a diverse retail offering, framed by single dwelling residential areas, which have all but disappeared by 2016. Throughout the nineteenth century, Australia's retail landscape was typified by small shops at street level, commonly with attached dwellings, echoing that found in Britain. Retail activity is not immune to this process as technological innovations have had profound implications for the retail sector since the First Industrial Revolution ca.1800 when steel framed glass roofed arcades were constructed (Drechsler [10]). This informative paper by Matthew Carmona ([7]), explores the crisis facing retail high streets as a result of the rapid adoption of online shopping from the beginning of this century. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Journal of Urban Design is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
Commentary and reflections on, 'The existential crisis of traditional shopping streets: the sun model and the place attraction paradigm', by Matthew Carmona, with particular reference to the Australian retail milieu