A comparative location analysis of a retail activity: The gasoline service station

摘要: This study focuses on the competitive processes and locational patterns of a convenience retail activity within two urban areas exhibiting distinct differences in operational characteristics. Impacts various economic, demographic, political environmental factors distribution gasoline service stations urbanized Hong Kong metropolitan Denver are examined. Measurement distributional (utilizing nearest-neighbor spatial association statistics) socioeconomic/demographic influences (employing regression analysis) reveal remarkable similarities between areas. Investigation several site-related characteristics (zoning intersection orientation) suggests that they may be significant agglomerative accounting both for consistent location as well weak explanatory power demand variables.