Keynote: Shaping high street futures

Apr 29, 2022 | 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Main room

Description

Traditional shopping streets (high streets) are the heart of liveable, walkable and attractive neighbourhoods. Online shopping and COVID-19 put pressure on high streets and some are even facing an existential crisis. How are these shopping streets responding to pressures? What can (and should) urban planners and policy makers do to help high streets remain places that attract people? The keynote explored these questions with a focus on place attraction and leveraging the new ”sun model” of shopping choices.