ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
RETAILING AND DISTRIBUTION
MARKETING GEOGRAPHY
MARKETING GEOGRAPHY
with special reference to retailing
ROSS L. DAVIES
Volume 4
First published in 1976
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MARKETING GEOGRAPHY
with special reference to retailing
MARKETING
GEOGRAPHY
with special reference to retailing
Ross L. Davies
Department of Geography
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Methuen
London and New York
First published in 1976
by Retailing and Planning Associates
Corbridge, Northumberland
First published as a University Paperback in 1977
by Methuen & Co. Ltd
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Reprinted 1981 and 1983
Published in the USA by
Methuen & Co.
in association with Methuen, Inc.
733 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
© 1976 Ross L. Davies
Printed in Great Britain by
J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, Bristol
ISBN 0 416 70700 9
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
Acknowledgements
Few academic books are written these days without the help and co-operation of a large number of people. My thanks are due to the following: Professor Peter Hall, who initially urged me to write the book; Professor Richard Lawton, who carefully guided me through the whole exercise and spent considerable time on editing the manuscript; Mr. Eric Quenet and Miss Christine Jeans who drew the maps and diagrams; Mrs. Doreen Shanks, who photographically reduced all the illustrative material; Mr. John Knipe, who supervised the cartographic and photographic procedures; Miss Jane Potts, Miss Yvonne Lambord, Mrs. Pat Bass, and my wife who collectively dealt with the typing involved. I hope there will be at least sufficient merit in this work to justify the support and encouragement that all these people have given me.
Acknowledgements are also due to the various authors and publishers who gave me permission to reproduce or adapt a large number of maps and diagrams from their own sources. These persons and firms are cited in the figure captions.
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
1.The Scope of Marketing Geography
The specific American connotation of marketing geography—the importance of planning control in Britain—the theoretical bases to marketing geography—the main themes
2.Traditional and Theoretical Frameworks of Study
Traditional studies of centres and trade areas—central place theory—general interaction theory—further theoretical avenues
3.Growth and Developments in the Distributive Trades
Major components of the distributive trades—the main channels of distribution—trends in the aggregate structure of retailing—the process of organisational change
4.National and Regional Systems of Centres
Hierarchies of settlements classified by centrality—hierarchies of the main shopping centres of towns—methodological issues involved—correlates of centre size and different types of towns—summary
5.Business Land Uses Inside the City
Classifications of business configurations—the internal characteristics of shopping centres—problems of central area delimitation—the spatial stru...