Service industries : a geographical appraisal / P.W. Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, P. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service industries--Location.

Service industries.

Industrial location.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first major synthesis of an emerging geography which is undoubtedly changing the way in which academics, planners and policy-makers identify and interpret the spatial development of cities and regions in the 1980's.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Service industries: identity and delimitation; Service industries in the economy: some preliminary empirical evidence; Some causes and further consequences of the emergence of services; Service industry location: the central place model; Service industry location: beyond the central place model; Equity and access: public and private consumer services; Inter-sectoral dependence, centralization and producer services; Locational dynamics of producer and consumer services: competition between CBD and suburbs

Public policies, institutions and the location of services New technology and the geography of services; Alternative bases for classifying service industries; Structure of the labour force, by occupation status and ratio of female to male employees in each occupation group, selected countries; Shift-share analysis; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-83623-X

1-135-83624-8

0-429-23276-4

0-203-24093-6

1-280-40451-5

0-203-47257-8

9780429232763

OCLC:

52148358