Online or Offline Services for Urban Neighbourhoods?: Conceptualisation of Research Problems

Lukasz Damurski, Jacek Pluta, Jerzy Ładysz and Magdalena Mayer-Wydra
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Lukasz Damurski: Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Jacek Pluta: Institute of Sociology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Jerzy Ładysz: Faculty of Economics, Management and Tourism, Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland
Magdalena Mayer-Wydra: Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), 2019, vol. 8, issue 1, 50-67

Abstract: Services originally developed as natural concentrations of human activity, reflecting the Christallerian hierarchy of central places. Today, those natural mechanisms are challenged by strong competition from online facilities. More and more services are offered by the internet and this affects the traditional ‘bricks-and-mortar' urban development. In this article, the main research problems of the inter-relatedness of real and virtual environments are defined in the context of urban neighbourhood service centres. The process of conversion from offline services into online ones is treated as a canvas for building a comprehensive research model for studying the development of the contemporary urban services sector in the local scale. Particular research questions and hypotheses are formulated and followed by a set of methods for further empirical research.

Date: 2019
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