In many towns and cities, large shopping malls are replacing small local shops. Do you think this is a positive development? Give your reasons and examples.

Small local

shops

in many towns and cities are being displaced by the

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of huge shopping

malls

. Personally, I would say that

this

phenomenon is a form of negative development that commonly

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occurs

in urban

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and I will explain it more in the next paragraphs. Some might think that huge shopping

malls

are a great sign of development because

it

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can give more revenues and benefits to the

city

, but

this

is not entirely true. Shopping

malls

are usually owned by a private company or developer that

focused

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on profits. To gain more profits, The obvious way is to eliminate the competitors, which

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the small local

shops

, and attract their customers to come to these shopping

malls

. If there are no strong regulations and law enforcement in that

city

, these developers can monopolize all customers and opportunities by sabotaging the small local

shops

. The term for

this

phenomenon is known as gentrification.

For example

,

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or

company

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companies

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can partially or fully restrict access in the

city

where small local

shops

are located, so people are more attracted to go to the shopping

malls

rather than the small

shops

.

This

will

affects

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the income of these local

shops

negatively and will make them bankrupt

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the long run. Because of

this

impact, it will lead to high numbers of unemployment and poverty in that

city

.

Besides

the negative impacts on

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the economy

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economy

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aspect, huge shopping

malls

are

also

harming the environment.

Due to

the large size,

it is clear that

the construction of shopping

malls

is requiring

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a large empty area in the

city

. The so-called empty area is usually a green space

that is

needed for many species to live.

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means a huge deforestation must be happened for the construction of a shopping mall. Now imagine if there are a high

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of shopping

malls

in a

city

, it will make the

city

dry and barren

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the

lacks

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of green space. Typically, shopping

malls

are more car-centric compared to the small local

shops

that can be reached by walking. It will

leads

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to traffic problems that

also

contribute to

the

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global warming and harm the environment. In conclusion, the

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of huge shopping

malls

give

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more negative impacts

for

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the development of a

city

or town.

Economic wise

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, It will

affects

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the income of small local

shops

negatively and can

leads

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to

the

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increase

of

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unemployment and poverty number in that

city

.

Moreover

, the construction of large shopping

malls

is

also

harming the environment and contributes to

the

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global warming.