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.