Definitions and classifications of shopping centers
Definitions and classifications of shopping centers

Summary/Abstract: Despite the great development of the shopping center industry in Romania within the past years, there is still a lack of proper knowledge and understanding of this concept. The objectives of this article are to introduce the main approaches in the theory of shopping centers, namely the American, European and Asian-Australian ones, and then, consequently, to adopt a definition of shopping centers and to create a classification appropriate for the Romanian market. The article is important because it represents a collection of theoretical approaches of shopping centers typology from the three representative ―continental schools‖ in this area. Its uniqueness stands in the fact that there has not been yet such an attempt to define and classify Romanian shopping centers or (to author‘s knowledge) to present main classification systems of shopping centers available in literature. Also, it may be asserted that it is highly important for both theoretical and practical purposes, in the sense that it succeeds in reflecting the complex landscape of shopping center formats.

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