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The Dynamic Commercial Structure Of Waterloo, Kitchener, And Cambridge 1989-1999: The Impact Of New Format Retailing (Ontario), Christopher Oakley

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In the past to ensure that the economic vitality of existing and future commercial areas were and would be maintained, a regulatory system was developed by both the Regions and Municipalities in Ontario. Their Official Plans were designed to create a hierarchy of retail commercial areas based upon the perceived need to provide adequate retail facilities to consumers without having excess retail space, thereby creating a retail structure that provided access to goods of all types to consumers with minimum transportation costs. However, the distribution of goods and services providers is constantly changing. It is commonly feared that this process …