Geography and retailing (Hutchinson university library: Geography) - Hardcover

Scott, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091002605 ISBN 13: 9780091002602

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1970

Synopsis

An important contribution to our understanding of the distribution of retail activities, particularly within cities, this book provides a critical review of the literature on the subject. It points out the major general propositions concerning retailing from the geographical point of view, and identifies key research problems, which need to be examined in order to push forward the frontiers of this sub field of economic geography. It presents a major critique of the central-place model, which has come to hold an important place in the methodology of economic geography, and clearly and decisively shows the model to be static, deterministic, retrospective and of little value for predictive purposes.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Scott is a recognized expert in the geography of retailing and the economic geography of cities. He is engaged in continuing research in these areas and has worked in South Africa, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Review

“Scott heightens the reader’s awareness of retail linkages among adjacent establishments and the regional and national variations in store location patterns. . . . The documentation provided by its references and breadth of coverage recommends it to the reader who seeks to understand spatial relations in retailing.”

—George Fisk, The Journal of Business

“A comprehensive guide.”

—John Freeman, The Town Planning Review

“Scott’s small book has many valuable attributes. Although aimed at an undergraduate audience, the work will have a wider readership for the clarity of his style, the perception of many of his comments and the comprehensive list of references make it a worth-while survey of the existing literature.”

—W. K. D. Davies, Geography

Edition details

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091002605
• ISBN 13: 9780091002602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192