Delineating retail conurbations: A rules-based algorithmic approach

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 667-675

  Pratt, Matthew D ^a,b   Wright, Jim A ^a   Cockings, Samantha ^a   Sterland, Iain ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c The Boots Company PLC   (United Kingdom)

^d Location Planning Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd Unit 1   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Origin destination matrix; Retail conurbations; Self containment; Travel To Work Areas (TTWAs); Zone design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; LABOR MARKET; RETAILING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905985300     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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