Dynamics of Property Location

Why is property located where it is and how has this process changed in recent years? A number of factors such as social change and technological development have affected location and these are considered. Value the way changing patterns are measured is examined and there is a discussion of rent contours. The book considers location in the retail industry looking at the theory hierarchy clustering and dispersal. The move to out of town sites with its three waves of decentralisation is described. Central place theory dating from the 1930s is discounted as being obsolete and misleading. Finally the book covers offices industrial and residential property.