The Retail Research Group focuses on the planning and policy implications of the retail revolution of the last twenty-five years. The impact of the new retail phenomena on the traditional system of shopping centres and associated shopping behaviour is being examined in South Wales and the West Midlands. The plight of the less mobile, poorer and elderly shoppers in the context of the decline of the smaller local shopping centres is being investigated. City centre revitalisation is also being explored in relation to shopper safety and security issues in Britain and North America. The nine-month postgraduate diploma course in Topographic Science covers aspects of remote sensing, Geographical Information Systems and cartography.
Specialisation is possible.
The course is academically oriented and does not give candidates exemption in professional examinations. Applications should be made in the first instance to the Postgraduate Admissions Officer from whom further information may be obtained.