González, S (2020) Contested marketplaces: Retail spaces at the global urban margins. Progress in Human Geography, 44 (5). pp. 877-897. ISSN 0309-1325
Abstract
This paper argues that retail spaces, such as marketplaces, are increasingly becoming sites of urban contestation. The globalisation of retail, online shopping and the redevelopment of cities has pushed marketplaces to the margins, but they still serve millions of people, particularly the urban poor. Concurrently, marketplaces are branded as authentic consumption experiences for tourists and residents. Building on these contradictions, I propose a novel framework with three analytical lenses to reposition marketplaces as marginal city spaces that serve as productive sites for studying urban transformation processes across the Global North and South.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, SAGE Publications. This paper is protected by copyright. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Progress in Human Geography. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Keywords: | city margins; contestation; global; marketplaces; retail; urban |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2019 13:55 |
Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2020 15:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0309132519859444 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146516 |