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A comparative location analysis of a retail activity: The gasoline service station

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This study focuses on the competitive processes and locational patterns of a convenience retail activity within two urban areas exhibiting distinct differences in operational characteristics. Impacts of various economic, demographic, and political environmental factors on the distribution of gasoline service stations in urbanized Hong Kong and metropolitan Denver are examined. Measurement of distributional patterns (utilizing nearest-neighbor and spatial association statistics) and socioeconomic/demographic influences (employing regression analysis) reveal remarkable similarities between the two areas. Investigation of several site-related characteristics (zoning and intersection orientation) suggests that they may be significant agglomerative influences accounting both for the consistent location patterns as well as the weak explanatory power of demand variables.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Denver, USA

    Yuk Lee (Associate Professor) & C. G. Schmidt (Associate Professor)

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The authors wish to thank Mr. Kenneth K. Chan (Caltex Oil Company of Hong Kong, Ltd.) as well as Mssrs. Clement Wong and K. C. Yau (Shell Oil Company of Hong Kong, Ltd.) for providing information on the gasoline service station industry in Hong Kong.

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Lee, Y., Schmidt, C.G. A comparative location analysis of a retail activity: The gasoline service station. Ann Reg Sci 14, 65–76 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01284204

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