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Traditional small retail shops vs. emerging supermarkets and shopping malls in a Sri Lankan city

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dc.contributor.author Ratnayake, R
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-12T05:49:27Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-12T05:49:27Z
dc.date.issued 2014-12
dc.identifier.issn 2012-6301 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19010
dc.description.abstract Street retail shops are an emblematic image of the Sri Lankan urban landscape. Retail shops vary in size, sell a diversity of household, mechanical and convenience items and appear as an integral part of urban form. While retails shops provide essential services to a variety of consumers generate employment and make urban streets vibrant, there have been few investigations into the nature of retail form in Sri Lanka. It appears that the global spread of supermarkets and shopping malls are transforming the retail space in Sri Lankan cities. Utilising field observation data, this study investigates the extent to which traditional retail outlets dominate the retail form in the urban landscape, creates employment, and attracts customers. This study also examines to what extent city retail outlets are retained as shop houses. Results show that while Sri Lankan traditional small retail shops form a greater number of retail shops and continue to be an emblem of the urban landscape, the development of a few new shopping malls and supermarkets have impacted the daily shopping behaviour of people and are slowly transforming the retail form as well as urban landscape. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Architecture University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Malls en_US
dc.subject Supermarkets
dc.subject Traditional Retail Shops
dc.subject Urban Areas
dc.title Traditional small retail shops vs. emerging supermarkets and shopping malls in a Sri Lankan city en_US
dc.type Article-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.year 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.journal Research Journal of the Faculty of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.issue 01 en_US
dc.identifier.volume 06 en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 56-67 en_US
dc.identifier.email rangajeewar@yahoo.com en_US


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