Purchasing-power flows in retailing A forecasting model based on gravitation theory Authors Ulrich van Suntum Institut für Siedlungs- und Wohnungswesen, Universität Münster, Am Stadtgraben 9, 48143, Münster DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182990 Keywords: Article Abstract This article presents a model based on gravitation theory to anticipate inter-regional purchasing-power flows in the retail sector, and demonstrates how this model may be applied empirically by considering the example provided by the county of Mettmann. Unlike previous forecasting models, this model makes it possible to dispense with setting an arbitrary maximum size for catchment areas. It also enables all of the bilateral purchasing-power flows between a large number of towns or regions, and the key factors influencing them, to be investigated simultaneously. The empirical findings for the county of Mettmann appear extremely plausible. The author discusses three possible areas of application for this forecasting model: to gauge the effectiveness of city-marketing measures; to assess the effects of large (e.g. out-of-town) retail centres; and to predict the impacts of improvements to the road network on retailing in both source and target localities. The results produced by the model are in some cases surprising; the model is, however, capable of providing good explanations for these surprises. Downloads Download data is not yet available. References Vgl. für eine ausführliche Darstellung Eckey, Hans-Friedrich; Stock, Wilfried: Verkehrsökonomie. — Wiesbaden 2000, S. 184 ff. Vgl. dazu Heinritz, Günter; Rauh, Jürgen: Gutachterliche Stellungnahmen über Factory Outlet Center. Eine kritische Betrachtung. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Köln (2000) H. 1, S. 50 f. Downloads PDF (German) Published 2000-11-30 Issue Vol. 58 No. 6 (2000) Section Research Article License Copyright (c) 2000 RuR Editors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Articles in Raumforschung und Raumordnung – Spatial Research and Planning are published under a Creative Commons license. From Vol. 79 No. 2 (2021), the license applied is CC BY 4.0. From Vol. 77 No. 1 to Vol. 79 No.1, articles were published under a CC BY-SA license. Earlier volumes have been re-published by oekom 2022 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0. How to Cite 1.Suntum U van. Purchasing-power flows in retailing: A forecasting model based on gravitation theory. RuR [Internet]. 2000 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 13];58(6):448–456. Available from: https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/1179 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Share
A new Issue has been published October 30, 2024 A new issue of the Open-Access-Journal "Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning" has been published. Volume 82 No. 5 (2024) is now available on our website.
A new Issue has been published August 30, 2024 A new issue of the Open-Access-Journal "Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning" has been published. Volume 82 No. 4 (2024) is now available on our website.
A new Issue has been published June 28, 2024 A new issue of the Open-Access-Journal "Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning" has been published. Volume 82 No. 3 (2024) is now available on our website.