Abstract
This study examined various features of urban form, which promote sustainable development and provoke shoppers toward shopping malls. Afield survey was conducted in shopping malls at Hangzhou, which is the capital city of the Zhejiang province, China. Structural equation modeling and a confirmatory factor analysis were used to measure the hypotheses. The results of this study showed that the built environment and entertainment completely mediated the relationship between ambiance and consumption, and they have a positive impact on the environment and shoppers. The built environment and entertainment are viewed as essential elements of physical and social sustainability. Real estate developers, urban planners, and shopping mall managers should consider the design features of urban form to meet sustainable development goals and to attract more shoppers. Testing these relationships via a mediating method is a novel contribution to the study of shopping malls.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 4798 |
| Journal | Sustainability |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 by the authors.
Keywords
- Built environment
- Hangzhou
- Shoppers
- Shopping malls
- Structural equation modeling (SEM)
- Sustainable development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
