Carles CARRERAS, University of Barcelona, Spain
Sergi MARTÍNEZ-RIGOL, University of Barcelona, Spain
The authors try to imagine the possible future retailess City and its sustainability, both combining some theoretical approaches with the first data coming from Barcelona and Catalonia analysis. First, they verify the weakness of the current Retail theories and the diffusion of terms that do not succeed to become real concepts. Second, they essay a possible definition of the retailess City on the base of two main variables, analysed in Barcelona region: shops vacancy and diffusion of e-working. Afterward, they explore some alternatives on Urban policies and planning, with Barcelona examples. Finally, they conclude coming back to the contemporary theories on Globalization and Planetary Urbanization.
Mots clés : Retail change|e-working|centre/periphery contradiction|planetary urbanization|crisis of urban planning
A102679SM