Preparing for a Post Wal-Mart World
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gardner, Amy | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Zaborski, Jeffrey David | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Architecture | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-22T05:33:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-06-22T05:33:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-04-19 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The changing nature of Wal-Mart from a traditional dry goods retailer into an integrated, global supply chain and Wal-Mart's expansion into urban markets necessitate new architectural and urban strategies. Even as Wal-Mart continues to build the simple big box on a large scale, the pressure to change is growing, both from the outside and from within the company. As Wal-Mart seeks to more nimbly respond to these pressures and give form to change, my thesis proposition is that a new type of Wal-Mart can emerge, one which contributes to a vibrant urban fabric, respects its neighbors, and ultimately leaves a stronger community. The city demands citizenship of corporations, and may catalyze the evolution of Wal-Mart from a mere global corporate entity to an institution enfranchised in the health of the community of which it is a part. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 38573782 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/6756 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Architecture | en_US |
| dc.title | Preparing for a Post Wal-Mart World | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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