
handle: 11570/3205414
Abstract. Th is paper aims at scrutinizing from an historical perspective the deep transformations shaped by retail spaces and new consumption patterns challenging longentrenched dichotomies, such as the centre-periphery one. In particular, the exploratory research explores the territorial reconfi guration of the main Eastern Sicily metropolitan areas, Catania and Messina, from the lens of the retail geography, namely aft er the diff usion of new suburban retail formats which have completely upset deeply-rooted relations between urban core and suburban rings. Riassunto. Questo lavoro mira a esaminare, da una prospettiva storica, le profonde trasformazioni prodotte dagli spazi di vendita al dettaglio e i nuovi modelli di consumo che sfi dano dicotomie a lungo trincerate, come quella centro-periferia. In particolare la ricerca esamina la riconfigurazione territoriale delle principali aree metropolitane della Sicilia orientale, Catania e Messina, dalla prospettiva della geografi a commerciale, ponendo attenzione al periodo successivo alla diff usione di nuovi format commerciali della periferia che hanno sconvolto le relazioni profondamente radicate tra il nucleo urbano e gli stessi anelli suburbani.
Keywords: centre-periphery dialectics, urban sprawl, suburban retail format, historical centre, Sicily. Parole chiave: dialettica centro-periferia, espansione urbana, format commerciali suburbani, centro storico, Sicilia.
Keywords: centre-periphery dialectics, urban sprawl, suburban retail format, historical centre, Sicily. Parole chiave: dialettica centro-periferia, espansione urbana, format commerciali suburbani, centro storico, Sicilia.
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