A Factorial Approach to the Nearest Centre Hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8963447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Fingleton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Issue | 65 |
| Pages | 131-131 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/621613 |
| OpenAlex | W2331161495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 2 |
The nearest centre hypothesis is an important initial postulate of Central Place Theory which is largely unsubstantiated by real-world evidence. Deviations from the hypothesis are assumed to be attributable to the effects of car ownership, income and age, and a linear model is built which simultaneously takes these into account. The best-fit model shows no significant effect with age or income, and a very marginal effect with car ownership, upon nearest centre behaviour. Alternative approaches are suggested as means by which the deviations between model and reality can be explored. THE nearest centre hypothesis is important in geographical theory in that, together with the other postulates of Central Place Theory, it enables a hierarchy of towns to be deduced. The assumption that consumers travel to the nearest point of supply for a particular good appears a priori to be one of the more reasonable assumptions of the central-place model. None the less, much evidence exists to show that it is an invalid hypothesis of behaviour for a large part of any sample. For example, Table I shows the percentage of Clark and Rushton's (I970) sample patronizing the nearest centre for a range of goods
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 1977 - 2023 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |