Service Industries - A Geographical Appraisal

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 1980s.

List of contents

List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, Preface, 1. Service industries: identity and delimitation, 2. Service industries in the economy: some preliminary empirical evidence, 3. Some causes and further consequences of the emergence of services, 4. Service industry location: the central place model, 5. Service industry location: beyond the central place model, 6. Equity and access: public and private consumer services, 7. Inter-sectoral dependence, centralization and producer services, 8. Locational dynamics of producer and consumer services: competition between CBD and suburbs, 9. Public policies, institutions and the location of services, 10. New technology and the geography of services, Appendix 1: Alternative bases for classifying service industries, Appendix 2: Structure of the labourforce, by occupation status and ratio of female to male employees in each occupation group, selected countries, Appendix 3: Shift-share analysis, Bibliography, Name index, Subject index

About the author

Peter W. Daniels

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 1980s.

Product details

• Authors: Peter W. Daniels, Daniels Peter W.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.1985
• EAN: 9780416345308
• ISBN: 978-0-416-34530-8
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 760 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Industry & industrial studies, Industry and industrial studies