01089181

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2060-11

http://scholar.google.com...Wolf&publication_year=2008

Strip malls (or mini-malls) are a common land use, historically promoted by U.S. zoning practices that concentrate retail and commercial development in a narrow band along urban arterials and major streets. They are an entry-level retail niche offering opportunity for independent, start-up businesses that serve a limited market. Communities have begun to question land uses that enable efficient ingress and egress of vehicles in retail and commercial districts but give little attention to multimodal motility. Some communities are redeveloping small mall zones on the basis of “complete street” principles, expanding landscape plantings, and redeveloping the character of a business district. This study assessed public response to one element of small mall (re)development: landscape and vegetation. Prior studies indicated that consumer behavior is positively associated with city trees (urban forest) on multiple cognitive and behavioral dimensions. In mail surveys depicting varied roadside treatments, residents of three major cities in the Pacific Northwest were asked to indicate preferences and perceptions about proposed changes. Survey stimulus materials addressed visual quality, retail perceptions, patronage behavior, wayfinding, and willingness to pay for goods and services. Combined econometrics and psychometrics indicated that respondents prefer landscaped roadsides and report positive retail behavior, such as willingness to pay 8.8% more for goods and services in well-landscaped malls. Redevelopment and roadside management guidelines are proposed based on the research results, with implications for the economics of local communities.

01114752

English

pp 95-103

2008

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309113304

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Figures (3) ; Photos (1) ; References (25) ; Tables (3)

Business districts; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Context sensitive design; Econometrics; Landscape architecture; Landscaping; Psychometrics; Retail trade; Roadside; Surveys; Trees; Urban areas; Vegetation; Wayfinding; Zoning

Strip malls; Visual quality; Willingness to pay

Pacific Northwest

Design; Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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