Planning for resilient central-city shopping districts in the post-Covid era: an explanatory case study of the Hoddle Grid in Melbourne

Journal article (2022)

Authors

Fujie Rao Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Sun Sheng Han University of Melbourne

R. Pan Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment

Research Group

Theory, Territories & Transitions (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)

Pedestrian Urbanity Adaptive resilience Retail planning Online retailing Mix

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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Architecture

Research Group

Theory, Territories & Transitions

Abstract

This research explores how central-city shopping districts could be transformed to support a post-Covid lifestyle, where people re-embrace community, local streets and walking while relying more on online shopping. By reviewing metropolitan/city development plans since the 1980s and mapping changes of retail provisions, urban environment and pedestrian movements in Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid in the twenty-first century, this paper shows that planning policies focusing on people-centred experiences in the central-city shopping district helped to improve retail resilience. This paper thus adds insights to understanding the relentless retail landscape changes and has implications for central-city retail planning in the post-Covid era.