GGR252H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Convenience Store, Distance Decay, Broadstreet Rugby Club
31 May 2016
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A typical shopping centre (built up vertical) = eaton centre. Hundreds of variables people with different age groups, ethnicity, dwellings, education levels, gender, race etc. Map that is shaded to indicate variation and value = choropleth map (darker = greater, lighter = lower values of variable which in this case is household income) Map #2 stars are failed shop lifters of the same store the store is located downtown toronto people will go to the nearest one, the further away from the stores, the fewer the shoppers. Lighter shaded areas (less income) are more likely to be associated with shoplifters than the higher income, darker shaded areas. Even rosedale, which is the highest income neighborhood, has a shoplifter. Illustrate key concepts friction of distance, gravity etc: generative stores (large anchors, suscipient stores (smaller stores, retail chain v. independent stores. Basic spatial concepts: distance decay, disincentive nature of distance/friction of distance, intervening opportunities, range.
