| Abstrakt: |
The degree and direction of retail specialization were measured for each of 90 CBD's, using data on retail sales from the 1954 Census of Business. A wide range (338) of retail specialization was found among the CBD's, as well as diverse directions, although the general merchandise and/or apparel-accessories groups appeared as a direction of specialization in every CBD studied. A decided tendency for the larger-city CBD's to be more specialized than the smaller-city CBD's was noted. Case studies of outstanding exceptions to this rule, for example, Allen-town and Louisville, might reveal hitherto unsuspected characteristics of these CBD's with planning implications. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
