Suburban business centres in four Australian cities
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the functional structure of
nucleated clusters of central business types which are located within
the suburban areas of metropolitan cities. In particular it is concerned
with a classification of these suburban business districts, their functional
interdependence, and their spatial relationships with regard to
intra-metropolitan aggregate movement systems. Within these terms,
four Australian metropolitan cities - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and
Adelaide - have been examined in Part I, with the aim of establishing
a functional hierarchy of suburban business centres. Part II of the
thesis is concerned with the detailed examination of the day-to-day
operational levels of a series of centres, selected from each city, with
the aim of testing the general classification and metropolitan patterns
outlined in Part I.