"Functions in Belfast central business district display patterns of location- clustered, random, and uniform and these can be explained".

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   Geography Course Work.

“Functions in Belfast central business district display patterns of location- clustered, random, and uniform and these can be explained”.

 

    *In a statistical sense, a random pattern results when any point can occur at any location and the positions of points have no effect on other points. Uniform patterns are characterized by each point being as far away as possible from other points. Clustered patterns indicate point patterns with various degrees of concentration.

Random functions are usually specialised and are generally not as common (pet shops or jewellers).

Uniform functions tend to be more common (newsagents) and as a result they tend to be spread out evenly to allow for a fair share of customers and prevent competition.

Clustered functions are found close together (banks, department store), this may be for;

                        *Convenience- less travel to select goods.

                        *Information- swapped between businesses.

                        *Contact- between businesses.

                        *Comparison-customer wants to compare goods and prices.

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Bid rent- Given total space available in the city, the central sites are relatively few, so competition for them will be intense, and prices higher. The most central sites will be the most attractive.

    In our class discussion concerning or field trip in the Belfast C.B.D we chose six functions of concern to us. This would give us a mixture of Orders to allow us to compare and contrast.

               

                  *Department stores, building societies/banks- typical high order functions of ...

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