List of figures.  List of tables.  Acknowledgements.  Preface.  Part 1. The Basis to Retail and Commercial Planning1. The System to be Planned.  The Process of Distribution.

 Specific Elements for Control.  Spatial Patterns of Activity.  Conclusion  2. Pressures for Change.  The Background to Behavioural Change.  Changes Within the Distributive Trades.  Conclusion  3. The Conventional Planning Process.

  The Role of Central Government.  Development Plans and Development Control.  Methodology and Research.  Conclusion  4. An Alternative Planning Approach.  Issues at the National and Regional Level.  The Challenge to Local Authorities.  Conclusion  Part 2.

The Subjects of General Management Plans  5. Examples of Strategic (Structure) Plans.  The Case Studies.  The Missing Components.  Conclusion  6. Examples of Local (District) Plans.  The Case Studies.  The Scope for Improvement.

  Conclusion  7. Retail and Commercial Development.  Retail Developments.  Commercial Developments.  Some Radical Alternatives.  The Control of Development.  Conclusion  8. Renovation and Redevelopment.

  The Historical Background.  Newcastle upon Tyne and Covent Garden, London.  Concepts for the City Centre.  The Control of Change.  Conclusion  Part 3. Specific Problems and Specific Plans 9. The Impact of New Shopping Schemes.  Some International Perspectives.

  Effects of Outlaying Shopping Schemes.  Effects of Town Centre Shopping Schemes.  Impact Assessment.  Conclusion  10. Small Shops and Related Small Activities.  Recent Trends in Growth and Decline.  The Causes of Small Business Decline.  Characteristics of Small Shops.

  Possible Forms of Assistance.  Conclusion  11. Accessibility, Transport and Communications.  The Concept of Accessibility.  Specific Service Provisions.  Developments in Communications.  Conclusion  12. Special Area-based Considerations.

  Residential Area Requirements.  Pressures on Smaller Town and City Centres.  Rural Resource Impoverishment.  Conclusion.  Postscript.  Index.