英文摘要 |
Every industrial produces a status of different using distribution in the land. Therefore, it was our interest to investigate into the spatial structure pattern of the retail-service industry of Taichung metropolitan area. This study used the central place theory as the basic model in the investigation of the concentration and hierarchical structure of the retail-service industry. The 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996 Industry and Business Census data of Taiwan government were used to analyzethe dynamic aspect of the land use changes over time. The industries studied include wholesale, retail, restaurant and storage-houses. The methods used in the analysis were localization coefficient and cluster analysis. The findings of the study are:1. For the individual retail-services, wholesale industry was the fastest growing industries and the restaurant business was next but the storage–house business was deteriorating.2. As far as the whole retail industry was concerned, the fastest growing period was from 1986 to 1991. The growth was tended to deteriorate after 1991. It reflected the fact that the growth of the business had been saturated. In addition, the retail service had been de-centralized and had an equilibrium development in the Taichung metro-area.3. In the hierarchical analysis, all types of businesses followed the patterns of central-place theory except storage-house business. The City of Taichung was the major central place and Chang-Hwa next.With the above findings, the study suggests that except the wholesale business all the retail-service industries should intensify their current industrial land using and avoid the industry developing toward the suburbs to cause the sprawl of urban development. |