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TRADE CENTER EVOLUTION IN THE GREAT PLAINS *
Author(s) -
Stabler Jack C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1987.tb01156.x
Subject(s) - center (category theory) , redress , cluster (spacecraft) , world trade center , discriminant function analysis , linear discriminant analysis , function (biology) , econometrics , economics , statistics , geography , mathematics , political science , computer science , archaeology , law , programming language , chemistry , evolutionary biology , terrorism , biology , crystallography
Empirical analysis has lagged behind the impressive additions to the theoretical literature on trade center systems during the past 15 years. This study of the trade center system in Saskatchewan is an attempt to begin to redress the imbalance and to test some of the recently formulated theoretical propositions. Communities are identified according to functional classifications for 1961 and 1981 with the aid of a cluster analysis program, and the validity of the groupings are verified using multiple discriminant analysis. Changes in the size, spacing, and function of clusters and individual communities during the 20‐year interval are described and an effort is made to prdvide explanations for the changes observed.