Location and Agglomeration The Distribution of Retail and Food Businesses in Dense Urban Environments

This article analyzes location patterns of retail and food establishments, whose presence constitutes an important aspect of livable and walkable neighborhoods. Using approximately fourteen thousand buildings on the street network of Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, as units of analysis, thi...

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Published in:Journal of planning education and research Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 374 - 393
Main Author: Sevtsuk, Andres
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2014
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Agglomeration
Buildings
Business
Categories
Clusters
Education
Estimates
Food
Food service
Food service industry
Foods
Impact analysis
Location
Location of industry
Massachusetts
Neighborhoods
Retail stores
Stores
Urban areas
Urban environments
urban economics
urban form
accessibility
retail location
urban design
clustering
applied GIS
ISSN:0739-456X, 1552-6577
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Summary:This article analyzes location patterns of retail and food establishments, whose presence constitutes an important aspect of livable and walkable neighborhoods. Using approximately fourteen thousand buildings on the street network of Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, as units of analysis, this article tests five hypotheses about retail locations found in previous literature and estimates the impacts of different location characteristics for all retail and food-service establishment as a group and for different store categories individually. The results describe how specific location attributes impact the probabilities of finding retailers, which can inform the planning of commercial activity clusters.
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ISSN:0739-456X
1552-6577
DOI:10.1177/0739456X14550401