SERVICE CENTRE CHANGE IN METROPOLITAN HINTERLANDS: A CASE STUDY OF CALGARY AND SASKATOON 1951-1971
SERVICE CENTRE CHANGE IN METROPOLITAN HINTERLANDS: A CASE STUDY OF CALGARY AND SASKATOON 1951-1971
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1974-08
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GYUSE, TIMOTHY TERVER IWOKWAGH
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This study attempts to empirically identify Service Centre
hierarchies in the hinterlands of two Canadian Prairie cities, namely,
Calgary and Saskatoon. It also tries to examine the changes that have
occurred in membership and content of the hierarchical groups, in a
"before and after" approach over the period 1951 - 1971, An accurate
identification and subsequent discussion of hierarchies and change in
them depends on the use of a rigorous method of classification. In this
study, Cluster Analysis was the primary technique used, and the groups
derived were compared with the Functional Index approach and tested by
Discriminant Analysis.
Five groups of centres were found for both 1951 and 1971 in the
hinterland of Calgary, of which, four were hierarchical. The fifth
group was made up of only the resort town of Banff. Similarly, four
hierarchical groups were identified for 1951 and 1971 in the region
around Saskatoon. The retail centres in the two regions, however,
showed contrary growth trends. Those around Calgary grew in status,
whilst those in the hinterland of Saskatoon were found to decline in
importance; in addition, there was an apparent "upward shift" of
functions in Calgary region and "downward shift" around Saskatoon.
Spatially it was found that the mean distance separating
members of the higher order groups in the hinterland of Calgary
decreased whilst that in Saskatoon increased. The results obtained in
this study provide a background to a more process oriented study
designed to isolate the causative factors generating the changes in the
Service Centres.
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SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
CALGARY, ALBERTA AUGUST, 1974
© TIMOTHY TERVER IWOKWAGH GYUSE 1974
Keywords
SERVICE,, CENTRE,, CHANGE,, METROPOLITAN,, HINTERLANDS,, CASE,, STUDY,, CALGARY,, SASKATOON,