A sustainability assessment framework for the high street

High street decline is a topic that has received great deal of political and media attention within the last decade in UK. External factors, such as growth online retail changing economic conditions, have contributed to shift consumer needs expectations, while many high streets struggled sustain pace change. The sustainability influenced by range complex economic, environmental social factors. As expectations increasingly favour experiential functions, need review perception success vital. Here we identify, characterise evaluate set criteria can be used assess sustainability. By conducting survey amongst professional experts residents, significance these determined. Through application multiple decision making (MCDM) method COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS), several towns' England assessed. Altogether, this study for first time develops assessment framework street. It assist policy makers key stakeholders effective decisions regarding allocation resources identifying locations require investment development. achieving national global commitments sustainable