Gonzalez, S and Waley, P (2013) Traditional Retail Markets: The New Gentrification Frontier? Antipode: a radical journal of geography, 45 (4). 965 - 983. ISSN 0066-4812
Abstract
This paper presents traditional retail markets in the UK caught between a narrative of decline and revival, on the edge of a gentrification frontier. Traditional indoor and outdoor markets have become somewhat residual in many British cities but essential for many low-income citizens that rely on their affordability. At the same time, the market is being reinvented for a wealthier type of customer interested more in local, environmentally friendly, ethical and “authentic” shopping experience. We take the case of Kirkgate Market in Leeds, the largest of its kind in Britain to analyse the process of disinvestment by the local authority, displacement of traders and customers and rebranding of the market for a new wealthier customer base. The paper is based on an action-research project on which one of the authors is involved alongside traders and other campaigners to defend the public nature of Kirkgate Market in Leeds.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013, Wiley Blackwell. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Antipode. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The definitive version is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2013 16:38 |
Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2015 00:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/%2010.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.0104... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01040.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77209 |