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 came 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.
Scott also shows with regard to the question of the hierarchy of
shopping centers (a major facet of central-place thought) that the
methodology employed to identify these hierarchies rests on
restricted theory, imperfect data, incomplete measures, and
arbitrary decisions. Although he recognizes the value of some of
the work associated with the central-place syndrome, the author
presents the first effective antithesis to its beguiling and
simplistic appeal. He argues that the geography of retailing cannot
be understood without reference to the organization of retailing as
an economic and social activity and complex patterns of consumer
and entrepreneurial behavior, none of which are dealt with in
central-place studies.
Distinguished by clarity of presentation objectivity of analysis
and breadth of inter-disciplinary interest, this is the only book
that covers the geography of retailing substantively and
methodologically. This book is jargon and mathematics free, and
contains the most complete bibliography on the geography of
retailing available in a single volume the book. It will be of
value to all social scientists concerned with retailing as a major
activity, particularly in modern societies. It may be used as a
basic or supplementary text for courses in economic geography,
marketing and retailing.
"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.
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