Vacant retail space, should the municipality intervene?

Vacant retail space, should the municipality intervene?

van Neer, M.T.

Korthals Altes, W.K. (mentor)
Louw, E. (mentor)
Asghari, H. (mentor)
van der Hee, M. (mentor)

Technology, Policy and Management

Multi Actor Systems

Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management (SEPAM)

2017-05-02

There is a considerable increase of vacancies on the retail market. This can lead to a decline of the liveability of the environment and blight in the area. There is a tension whether the government should intervene or the market needs to address retail vacancies. This case study in the Netherlands identifies the possible roles and instruments of municipalities to address such vacancies in inner cities. Q-methodology was used to identify viewpoints of the involved stakeholders. Two different viewpoints revealed in this study are in line with the tension that is identified in literature.

Retail market
vacancy
empty shops
Q-methodology

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2017 van Neer, M.T.