Retail Outlets and City Centrality: Perspectives from a Sub-Saharan African City

作     者：Eti-obong Simeon Ema 

作者机构：University of UyoNigeria 

出 版 物：《Journal of Geographical Research》 (地理研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第2卷第3期

页      面：23-29页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Retail outlets Sub-Saharan africa Central business district Uyo urban 

摘      要：Sub-Saharan African cities are uniquely characterized by retail competition influencing outlet *** work focused on revealing retail outlet location in Uyo and its relationship with distances from the Central Business *** was measured along the six major arterial roads that link the city to the central business districts by the use of Google Map[5]Distance Calculator and itouch maps[7]*** arteries were divided into four distinct spaces in kilometers namely 0-1km,1-2km,2-3km,*** Outlets were grouped into ten *** was analysed using distance in kilometers from the Central Business District as variable *** independent variables X1,X2,X3,X4,X5 and X6 were the six major arteries represented by the location of each specific retail outlet *** SPSS version 20 software the results reflected centre a 47.9 percent variation in retail outlets location with correlation coefficient(R)of 69.2%revealing a strong relationship between the distances from the Central Business Districts and the location of retail outlets located across the six major arteries.H1 was accepted which states a significant relationship in the location of retail outlets as distance increase from the city centre across the *** confirms a strong intensity of location of retail outlets in the city centre with a gradual decline as distance increase from the *** there was an increase in intensity of retail outlets in junctions away from the Central Business Districts according to multiple nuclei *** is recommended that urban expansion through growth ***:To access the relationship between retail outlets location and distance from central business district in a *** Questions:This work provided answers to the following questions:*** are these retail outlets located in the city space?*** is the relationship between Retail outlets and the distance from the City Centre?Objectives:*** explain the distribu