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1、EnvironmentandPlanningB:PlanningandDesign2009,volume36,pages450^465doi:10.1068/b34098StreetcentralityanddensitiesofretailandservicesinBologna,ItalySergioPorta,EmanueleStrano,ValentinoIacoviello,RobertoMessoraHumanSpaceLab,DIAP,PolytechnicofMilan,ViaBonardi3,20133Milano,Italy;e-mail:s.
2、porta@humanspacelab.com,e.strano@humanspacelab.com,v.iacoviello@humanspacelab.com,r.messora@humanspacelab.comVitoLatora,AlessioCardilloDipartimentodiFisicaeAstronomia,Universita©diCatania,andINFNSezionediCatania,ViaS.Sofia64,95123Catania,Italy;e-mail:latora@ct.infn.it,alessio.cardillo
3、@ct.infn.itFahuiWangDepartmentofGeographyandAnthropology,LouisianaStateUniversity,BatonRouge,LA70803,USA;e-mail:fwang@lsu.eduSalvatoreScellatoScuolaSuperiorediCatania,ViaSanNullo,5/i,95123Catania,Italy;e-mail:sascellato@ssc.uni.ct.itReceived6August2007;inrevisedform8October2007;publis
4、hedonline14July2008Abstract.ThispaperexaminestherelationshipbetweenstreetcentralityanddensitiesofcommercialandserviceactivitiesinthecityofBologna,northernItaly.Streetcentralityiscalibratedinamultiplecentralityassessmentmodelcomposedofmultiplemeasuressuchascloseness,betweenness,andstra
5、ightness.Kerneldensityestimationisusedtotransformdatasetsofcentralityandactivitiestoonescaleunitforanalysisofcorrelationbetweenthem.Resultsindicatethatretailandserviceacti-vitiesinBolognatendtoconcentrateinareaswithbettercentralities.Thedistributionoftheseactivitiescorrelateshighlywit
6、htheglobalbetweennessofthestreetnetwork,andalso,toaslightlylesserextent,withtheglobalcloseness.Thisconfirmsthehypothesisthatstreetcentralityplaysacrucialroleinshapingtheformationofurbanstructureandlanduses.1Locationandcentralityinacity``Nomatterhowgooditsoffering,merchandising,orcusto
7、merservice,everyretailcompanystillhastocontendwiththreecriticalelementsofsuccess:location,location,andlocation''Taneja(1999,page136).Whatislocation?Whydoesitmatter?Asimpleandintuitiveansweris:centrality.Acentralplacehasonespecialfeaturetooffertothosewholiveorworkinacity:easyaccessibil
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