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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Raymond E. MurphyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: AldineTransaction Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780202309583ISBN 10: 0202309584 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 30 August 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1: Introduction the CBD; 2: Preliminary Attempts at Delimitation; 3: The Central Business Index Technique; 4: Some Tentative Generalizations; 5: Cape Town’s CBD; 6: Other Applications Abroad; 7: The Census Bureau’s CBD; 8: External Relationships of the CBD; 9: Other Facets of the Downtown; 10: CBD and Suburbs in Competition; 11: The Changing CBD; 12: The CBD and the FutureReviews-It is useful to have CBD studies by geographers and others summarized in a single volume, and it important to know what Murphy, who has been considering the CBD for two decades, thinks of the district's future. Basically, he is optimistic: even though certain retail establishments, hotels, and insurance headquarters seem to be leaving the CBD for the suburbs, more apartment houses are being built at the edge of the CBD and in large national and international centers the CBDs are acquiring more offices. The CBD, Murphy feels, continues to have the accessibility that will keep many functions in it, and it provides an unmatched business environment.- --Howard J. Nelson, Geographical Review It is useful to have CBD studies by geographers and others summarized in a single volume, and it important to know what Murphy, who has been considering the CBD for two decades, thinks of the district's future. Basically, he is optimistic: even though certain retail establishments, hotels, and insurance headquarters seem to be leaving the CBD for the suburbs, more apartment houses are being built at the edge of the CBD and in large national and international centers the CBDs are acquiring more offices. The CBD, Murphy feels, continues to have the accessibility that will keep many functions in it, and it provides an unmatched business environment. </p> --Howard J. Nelson, <em>Geographical Review</em></p> It is useful to have CBD studies by geographers and others summarized in a single volume, and it important to know what Murphy, who has been considering the CBD for two decades, thinks of the district's future. Basically, he is optimistic: even though certain retail establishments, hotels, and insurance headquarters seem to be leaving the CBD for the suburbs, more apartment houses are being built at the edge of the CBD and in large national and international centers the CBDs are acquiring more offices. The CBD, Murphy feels, continues to have the accessibility that will keep many functions in it, and it provides an unmatched business environment. --Howard J. Nelson, Geographical Review <p> It is useful to have CBD studies by geographers and others summarized in a single volume, and it important to know what Murphy, who has been considering the CBD for two decades, thinks of the district's future. Basically, he is optimistic: even though certain retail establishments, hotels, and insurance headquarters seem to be leaving the CBD for the suburbs, more apartment houses are being built at the edge of the CBD and in large national and international centers the CBDs are acquiring more offices. The CBD, Murphy feels, continues to have the accessibility that will keep many functions in it, and it provides an unmatched business environment. <p> --Howard J. Nelson, Geographical Review Author InformationRaymond E. Murphy received his B.S. from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has taught at the University of Kentucky, Pennsylvania State University, and for many years in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, Massachusetts. He has contributed numerous articles to geographical literature and is the author of several books. He was also editor of Economic Geography. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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