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Schwerin - structures and problems of retail trade of a major city in the New Federal States
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dc.contributor.authorAhrens, Svende
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dc.date.issued1996de
dc.identifier.issn0943-7142de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/48418
dc.description.abstractAfter the reunification of Germany, the Schwerin retail trade sector experienced a considerable growth in retail floorspace. However, several problems become clearly apparent during the analys is of the stock structures. In this context, the supply of retail trade is characterised by both qualitative and quantitative deficiencies: the stock of business is not great enough and insufficiently differentiated for a satisfaction of the demand. The company structures reveal a disproportional share of small and the smallest companies, faced with but a few expansive firms. The latter contributed to the build up of a secondary trade network and therefore to the unbalanced distribution of the sales areas. The negative consequences affect primarily the city centre retail trade, which dropped far behind the development of the rest of the city. It reveals considerable deficits with regards to important sales parameters and framework conditions: not all leading ranges of goods are sufficiently represented, customer magnets can hardly be found, the stock of businesses is too small and too spread out, there are numerous vacancies, the appearance and the quality of locations are not satisfactory. The interurban centre structure also reveals deficits. Based on the trade institutions which were established during the times of the GDR, there is a dense network of housing estate-orientated business centres for the basic supply. This leads to the achievement of high supply levels. However, resulting from the inadequate facilities of the centres, the qualitative grade of supply is poor and the satisfacti on of the population is equally low. This is also mirrored in the purchasing behaviour of the Schwerin inhabitants. They primarily visit the locations close to their place of residence as a result of the proximity, however seek further orientation in the new shopping centres, other peripheral locations and other cities, in addition to the city centres. The consumer behaviour in this context essentially corresponds with the patterns in the old Federal States: price consciousness and "boot of the car purchasing" for the basic supply, coupled with visits to attractive shopping centres for the satisfaction of other needs. The visit to the city centre is often linked to other activities, often of recreational nature. However, the supply wishes expressed by the consumers reveal that an improved neighbourhood supply and an attractive city centre are desired. The guidelines of the future deve lopment include a polycentral, interurban centre structure as well as the increase in attractiveness and revitalisation of the city centres through the creation of a comprehensive and attractive overall offer. This also means the restrictive handling of the peripheral, expansive retail trade in order to create balanced proportions within the trade networks. New settlements are to be concentrated on the city centre and the integrated business centres, with full exploitation of the settlement potential and taking into consideration the deficits.en
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dc.subject.ddcWirtschaftde
dc.subject.ddcLandscaping and area planningen
dc.subject.ddcSociology & anthropologyen
dc.subject.ddcEconomicsen
dc.subject.ddcStädtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltungde
dc.subject.ddcSoziologie, Anthropologiede
dc.subject.otherSchwerinde
dc.titleSchwerin - Strukturen und Probleme des Einzelhandels einer Großstadt in den neuen Ländernde
dc.title.alternativeSchwerin - structures and problems of retail trade of a major city in the New Federal Statesde
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dc.source.journalEuropa Regional
dc.source.volume4.1996de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.source.issue4de
dc.subject.classozArea Development Planning, Regional Researchen
dc.subject.classozWirtschaftssoziologiede
dc.subject.classozEconomic Sectorsen
dc.subject.classozSociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociologyen
dc.subject.classozSociology of Economicsen
dc.subject.classozSiedlungssoziologie, Stadtsoziologiede
dc.subject.classozWirtschaftssektorende
dc.subject.classozRaumplanung und Regionalforschungde
dc.subject.thesozVersorgungde
dc.subject.thesozBundesrepublik Deutschlandde
dc.subject.thesozInnenstadtde
dc.subject.thesozStadtgeographiede
dc.subject.thesozsatisfactionen
dc.subject.thesozZufriedenheitde
dc.subject.thesozcity centeren
dc.subject.thesozurban developmenten
dc.subject.thesozStadtde
dc.subject.thesozFederal Republic of Germanyen
dc.subject.thesozsupplyen
dc.subject.thesozOrganisationsstrukturde
dc.subject.thesozreunificationen
dc.subject.thesozneue Bundesländerde
dc.subject.thesozretail tradeen
dc.subject.thesozNew Federal Statesen
dc.subject.thesozorganizational structureen
dc.subject.thesozStrukturwandelde
dc.subject.thesozstructural changeen
dc.subject.thesozMecklenburg-Western Pomeraniaen
dc.subject.thesozWiedervereinigungde
dc.subject.thesozurban geographyen
dc.subject.thesozEinzelhandelde
dc.subject.thesoztownen
dc.subject.thesozMecklenburg-Vorpommernde
dc.subject.thesozKonsumverhaltende
dc.subject.thesozconsumption behavioren
dc.subject.thesozStadtentwicklungde
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