Sustainable retail development: a case study of Mountain Equipment Co-op

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dc.contributor.authorWoitenko, Tracy
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeCarter, Tom (City Planning) Clark, Douglas (Partner's Program, Faculty of Architecture)en
dc.contributor.supervisorvan Vliet, David (City Planning)en
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-18T21:00:47Z
dc.date.available2008-09-18T21:00:47Z
dc.date.issued2008-09-18T21:00:47Z
dc.degree.disciplineCity Planningen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of City Planning (M.C.P.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis practicum explores the concept of sustainable retail development and seeks out innovative approaches that can be employed by retailers, retail developers and urban planners to create more sustainable retail environments in Canadian cities. This is achieved in part through a case study of how a notable Canadian retailer, Mountain Equipment Co-op, addresses the negative social, environmental and economic implications of predominant retail development practices. Although the concept of ‘sustainable retailing’ encompasses an extremely broad number of considerations which may include product sourcing, transportation and manufacturing standards, materials recycling, building construction and customer and employee satisfaction; this practicum focuses on the issues of ‘sustainable retail development’ from an urban planning perspective. These considerations include the economic, environmental and social impacts of site location and development decisions of retailers. The intention of this practicum is to promote change both locally and globally through the encouragement of more sustainable retail development initiatives at the district, block, site and community scales.en
dc.description.noteOctober 2008en
dc.format.extent4302686 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/3095
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectsustainableen
dc.subjectretail developmenten
dc.titleSustainable retail development: a case study of Mountain Equipment Co-open
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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