The research forming the basis of this book was supported by the Swedish research council Formas, and is primarily based on the research project ‘Territories of Consumption – Design and Territorial Control in Urban Commercial Spaces’. The book has also benefitted from the work done as I participated in the Formas research projects ‘Contradictory Urbanism’ (with project leader professor Katarina Nylund) and the Formas/Urban-net project ‘Replacis – Retail Planning for Sustainable Cities’ (with project leader professor Teresa Barata-Salgueira)
