Shopping centres in Warsaw and Bratislava: A comparative analysis

• Authors: Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska , Frantisek Križan

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is to summarise the development of shopping centres and their current locations, types and sizes in Warsaw and Bratislava using a comparative analysis method. Both cities are situated in post-communist countries where the transformation of the retail sector shows many similarities. Before the 1990s, globalisation processes could not be observed in the retail sector in either of these countries. After the 1990s, some new forms of retailing started to appear in both Warsaw and Bratislava. Supermarkets, hypermarkets and modern shopping centres came to existence as a new form of retailing which influenced other traditional forms of retailing in these cities.

Keywords

EN

shopping centre; retailing; globalisation; Warsaw; Bratislava

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 229-239

Dates

published

2010

Contributors

author

Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Urban Geography and Spatial Management

author

Frantisek Križan

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Urban Geography and Spatial Management
• Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Regional Geography Protection and Planning the Landscape

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