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The city of Detroit has hired a senior director of retail attraction to bring national and regional chains into the city.
Studies suggest that, played right, hosting large sporting events can pay lasting noneconomic dividends. But it needs sustained effort.
People spend less on groceries, restaurants and public activities for months after a fatal school shooting − costing communities millions.
Community Wealth Building offers a new model for economic development that can be at the heart of the UK’s transition to net zero
Research shows that coastal communities such as Blackpool have worse health and economic outcomes than their inland neighbours in the UK.
These popular street ornaments speak to a 1960s urban planning philosophy as well as to the commodification of nostalgia.
Hosting the Games has seem Birmingham dotted with new infrastructure and amenities. But the city’s pioneering transformation began over a 100 years ago.
Street traders in South Africa play a significant role in the country’s economic and social development and deserve to be protected in terms of the Constitution.
Since the 2010s boosting retail has been the government’s primary remedy for better high street health. Without centering the community these street serve, though, plans are likely to fail.
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Professor of Retail Studies, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer, North-West University, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Research Fellow in Health Determinants of Research Collaboration, Lancaster University
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Professor of Law, North-West University
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Professor of Enterprise and Competitiveness, University of Birmingham
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Research assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Law & NRF South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, North-West University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Health Inequalities, Lancaster University
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Research Associate in NIHR Health Determinant Research Collaboration, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Michigan