摘要:

West Edmonton Mall (wem) is an internationally known shopping mall I leisure complex comprising approximately 4 million sq. ft. of leasable retail and service space. It contains more than 600 shops, plus a hotel and leisure and recreational facilities that are unmatched in any previous shopping centre. The superimposition of a single, massive development on a pre‐existing urban structure has created both opportunities and problems for Edmonton, while the emergence of such an urban phenomenon, unprecedented in scale and character, should raise new questions and stimulate new thinking among academics. This introductory article provides a context for the articles that follow by outlining the developmental history of wem and assessing its significance as a mega‐ma/ prototype, and by identifying themes to be addressed in detail in the subsequent artic

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01096.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Over the last three decades, regional shopping malls have become significant features of the Canadian urban landscape. They account for the largest concentrations of employment, retail sales, and trip destinations outside the central business district, and they reshape patterns of accessibility within communities. This article examines the number, economic role, location, and implication of these facilities, in Canada, and contrasts them with similar malls in the United States. By 7 986, there were 84 regional malls with more than 500 000 sq. ft. of space in Canada, and these malls accounted for 10 per cent of all retail sales.

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01097.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article provides a framework for the evaluation of West Edmonton Mall within the broader context of the national regional shopping centre system. A particular focus is placed on the tenant mix and functional structure for those 37 shopping centres with a minimum gross leasable area of 750 000 sq. ft The analysis illustrates the similarity in the degree of chaining and corporate ownership in these major shopping facilities and describes their structural characteristics. The article concludes by evaluating both the development of the mega‐mall phenomenon and speculates about the future position of these malls in the retail syste

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01098.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article addresses the question of how West Edmonton Mall (wem) may be a new and distinctive component of retail spatial structure by analysing the retail and service attributes of the mall in the context of (I) Edmonton's retail structure at the regional shopping centre level, and (2) the internal structure of the mall. It is suggested that wem has added a new level to Edmonton's retail hierarchy, rivalling the downtown as the city's primate centre. The analysis of tenant changes leads to the conclusion that these changes tend to reflect a movement from unconventional to conventional tenant mix, and that wem is not much different, other than in sheer size, from most large regional shopping centres. The only unique structural characteristic appears to be the existence of enclaves not usually found in other malls.

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01099.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

West Edmonton Mall was developed and has maintained its position as Edmonton's primary focus of retailing, recreational, and leisure activity through innovative entrepreneurial skills and extensive promotions. These are viewed as necessarily concomitant to the size, location, and functional complexity of the mall relative to the size of the Edmonton market and the remainder of the city's retail structure. One strategy was to dominate the market by tempting consumers with the rewards of a complete shopping environment within the confines of one, carefully orchestrated retail complex. The success of this approach is evaluated through an examination of the entrepreneurial behaviour of the developer (Triple Five) in relation to the consumer spatial preferences of a sample of Edmontonians. From this evidence it is suggested that the mall's retail importance may not be as pervasive locally as is commonly thought. Consumer mobility and the intrinsic character of the retail structure are reasons suggested for this, both of which require further investigation and elaboration.

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01100.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The emergence of a mega‐mall ‐ with its increased scale, size, and ensuing annexation of much of a city's retail and social life ‐ intensifies the need for research about the social functions of shopping centres. Profiles of mall social life are necessary to understand the larger geographical, legal, political, and social issues accompanying the proliferation of such privately owned, publicly used indoor urban environments. Social interaction at West Edmonton Mall (wem) is characterized through an examination of its physical design and operation and an assessment of attitudes and uses of its local patrons, including adolescent ‘ma/ies. wem is not as successful in orchestrating visitor satisfaction as one might expect, due partly to the amplification of tension between mall owners I designers and the desire of local residents to engage the mega‐mall on their

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01101.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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In the context of three alternative approaches to the meaning of leisure (activity, time, and experience), this article uses West Edmonton Mall (with its vast array of shops and unique complex of recreational facilities) as a starting point to explore four relationships between shopping and leisure. These are: independence (shopping as purchasing); shopping for leisure (the purchase of goods for use in subsequent leisure time); shopping and leisure (when shops and leisure facilities are juxtaposed in a single facility like West Edmonton Mall); and shopping as leisure (when shopping begins to take on the attributes of leisure as an experience). It is concluded that the last category offers the most interesting questions for future research.

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01102.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Recent years have seen the mega‐phenomenon assume increasing significance in tourism; it is not surprising, therefore, that West Edmonton Mall, the world's first mega‐mall, should be viewed as a tourist attraction. Thisarticle discusses the role of shopping as a tourist activity and the opportunity to shop as a facet of the appeal of a location to tourists. It examines the relative attractiveness of West Edmonton Mall as a tourist destination in this context and concludes that it has few outstanding characteristics beyond its unique size and range of leisure facilities. The permanence of its appeal beyond the regional scale is therefore unikely. The long‐term appeal of shopping and related facilities is discussed in the context of a model of tourism develo

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01103.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The development of West Edmonton Mall is presented as a case study in the problem of coping with unexpected, large‐scale departures from authorized plans ‐ in this instance, the plan for the new suburban community of West Jasper Place. The main features of the plan are described and the practical consequences of permitting the mall to be built are assessed. It is concluded that Edmonton's conventional planning instruments were unable to respond effectively to the challenge posed by West Edmonton Mall, because the local planning system did not make adequate provision for the politics of plan implementat

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01104.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01105.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY