scholarly journals Travelling to services in the daily urban system of Olomouc

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 23-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marián Halás ◽  
Veronika Zuskáčová
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Commuting Flows ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Questionnaire Research ◽  
Work Commuting

Abstract The service sector is quite broad: it includes basic services for the population as well as highly sophisticated services, public as well as commercial services, etc. Commuting to services is one of the fundamental regional processes and together with work commuting it creates an entry basis for the construction of socalled catchment, or nodal regions which should be crucial in the construction of an administrative division of a country. The main objective of this paper is to identify a selected group of spatial interaction in the daily urban system of Olomouc, i.e. in a region dominated by work commuting to the city of Olomouc. More specifically, the paper deals with the interaction of commuting to a wide range of services of non-commercial (social) as well as of commercial character in two hierarchical levels - local and micro-regional. Based on the data obtained by the method of questionnaire research from local leaders (mayors) we analysed the mobility of people to primary and secondary schools, hospitals, shops, culture and sport. As far as the retail network is concerned, the analysis of spatial differentiation of the catchment area to three large department stores was made for villages in Olomouc hinterland. Individual catchment regions for specific services were constructed by a verified method based on commuting flows. Synthetic evaluation contains an identification of so-called complex service regions in the daily urban system of Olomouc. In comparison with our previous studies we tried to describe basic trends in service infrastructure and changes in travelling to services.

Academy Journal No.3(15), 2019/ Chief Editors Susan Belih & Jaak Järv /OEAPS Inc.(Open European Academy of Public Sciences) & Estonian Academy of Sciences. Tallinn, Estonia. 09.03.2019: OEAPS Inc., 2019. - 88 P. ISBN: 9781797440507 ISSN 1736-7530 (electronic)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inc. OEAPS
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
Verification Process ◽  
Scientific Research Articles ◽  
Monthly Journal

"Academy Journal" is an international, peer-reviewed monthly journal. It is devoted to the publication of original scientific research articles dealing with various academic disciplines.Articles that may be of interest to a wide range of researchers are welcome, and not limited to those who work on specific research subjects."Academy Journal" has an open archive, according to which published articles are available immediately after publication, excluding embargoes.Expert reviewThere is one blind verification process in the journal. All articles will be initially evaluated by the editor for compliance with the journal. Manuscripts that are considered appropriate are then usually sent to at least two independent peer reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the article. The editor is responsible for the final decision on whether to accept or reject the article. The editor's decision is final.The main criterion used in assessing the manuscript submitted to the journal is: uniqueness or innovation in the work from the point of view of the methodology being developed and / or its application to a problem of particular importance in the public sector or service sector and / or the setting in which the efforts, for example, in the developing region of the world. That is, the very model / methodology, application and context of problems, at least one of them must be unique and important.Additional criteria considered in the consideration of the submitted document are its accuracy, organization / presentation (ie logical flow) and recording quality.

Quantitative, Demographic, and Geographic Approaches to Internal Migration

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Courgeau
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Markov Processes ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Epoch Analysis ◽  
Migration Analysis

The mainly temporal viewpoint adopted by the demographer allows him to analyse internal migration either by comparing consecutive periods (epoch analysis) or by following the life span of an individual (cohort analysis). This analysis leads to models of migration that are based on Markov processes. The principally spatial viewpoint taken by the geographer enables him to see how migration affects the distribution of the population in an area (spatial-differentiation analysis), and to study the flows between zones (spatial-interaction analysis). In fact only a combined spatial and temporal approach can throw fresh light on migration analysis.

MAIN FEATURES AND TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICE MARKET

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larysa Getman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Relevant Market ◽  
Service Market ◽  
Wide Range

The article discusses approaches to the interpretation of the concept of a service, its specific differences from a physical product and the main features as an object of purchase and sale in the relevant market. Based on the analysis and systematization of existing scientific views, the main features of the service market and the features of the interaction of supply and demand in the service sector are revealed. The practice of functioning of the service market demonstrates the high dynamics of market processes, a pronounced segmentation of demand for services, a high degree of differentiation of services, a high rate of capital turnover and the important role of non-price barriers to entry into the market. The essence and value of the customer's customer loyalty for successful commercial activities and increasing the competitiveness of the manufacturer-supplier of the service has been investigated. Loyalty becomes an indicator of business performance and its ability to innovate. A customer-oriented business philosophy, where a wide range of factors of influence on the formation of customer loyalty is taken into account and used, will allow the company to count on long-term relationships with the consumer and will attract new customers through his positive experience. The possibilities and features of the application of competitive strategies by firms in the field of service activities were analyzed. The main trends in the development of the services market in the current stage, namely the processes of its digitalization, have been investigated. The buyer today is interested not only in price and quality, but also in good service. If a company meets customer service demand through the introduction of chat bots, self- service terminals, mobile applications, etc., then this contributes to the formation of a positive customer experience, which ultimately increases sales. The features and advantages of using information technologies both in business activities and in the implementation of consumer choice have been determined.

An Approach to Solving Spatial-Allocation Models with Constraints

1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
I N Williams
Keyword(s):  
Urban Economics ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Spatial Location ◽  
Type Model ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Wide Range

This paper introduces a loose-knit family of spatial-allocation models, which locate entities in two-dimensional space, based on a general framework which merges an input—output type model with a spatial-interaction type model. Explicit attention is paid to the solution and interpretation of constraints on the subtotals generated within these models. In this way a link is forged between the fields of land-use modelling and urban economics. One efficient method of solving a particular form of spatial-allocation model is described in detail and some characteristics of this and alternative approaches are discussed. Four practical applications of the spatial-allocation model framework are outlined to demonstrate its wide range of usefulness in representing spatial-location processes.

scholarly journals Official loyalty as the factor of official activity: administratively-legal and phenomenological approaches

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Gornostaev
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Behavioral Integration ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Official Status

The article discusses the administrative-legal and phenomenological approaches to understanding the official loyalty. Official loyalty is being considered under the administrative-legal approach as adherence to formal official duty, which is a system of obligations, taken together with official status, the source of which are: normative base of service activity, legal requirements of the head and public interests. Lists of the limitations of administrative-legal approach to understanding the of official loyalty: weak underdeveloped concept, the failure to take into account the wide range of situations, operation with a models rather than actual processes. Discusses the advantages of the phenomenological approach in studying the performance of loyalty: its psychological advantages, the existence of a theoretical framework, the work with the real phenomena. Within the phenomenological approach official loyalty is defined as psychological-behavioral integration of the employee in the group operating in the service sector, on the basis of a common cause of activities. Possibilities of sharing of the considered approaches for the decision of problems of optimization of official activity are designated.

The unequal commute: Comparing commuting patterns across income and racial worker subgroups

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2110688
Author(s):  
Yujie Hu
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Harris County ◽  
Commuting Flows ◽  
Choropleth Mapping ◽  
Household Dynamics ◽  
Journey To Work ◽  
Commuting Patterns

The spatial dimension of the journey-to-work has important implications for land use and development policymaking and has been widely studied. One thrust of this research is concerned with the disaggregation of workers into subgroups for understanding disparities in commute. Most of these studies, however, were limited to the disaggregation by single socioeconomic class. Hence, this research aims to examine commuting disparities across commuter subgroups stratified by two socioeconomic variables—income and race—using a visual analytics approach. By applying the doubly constrained spatial interaction model to the 2014 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data, this research first synthesizes commuting flows for Downtown Houston workers across income-race subgroups at the tract level in Harris County, Texas, USA. It then uses bivariate choropleth mapping to visualize the spatial distributions of major Downtown Houston commuter neighborhoods by income-race classes, and significant commuting disparities are identified across income-race subgroups. The results highlight the importance of considering income and race simultaneously for commuting research. The visualization could help policymakers clearly identify the unequal commute across worker subgroups and inform policymaking.

scholarly journals Mapping Urban Resilience for Spatial Planning—A First Attempt to Measure the Vulnerability of the System

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazia Brunetta ◽  
Stefano Salata
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Planning Decision

The concept of ‘resilience’ breaks down silos by providing a ‘conceptual umbrella’ under which different disciplines come together to tackle complex problems with more holistic interventions. Acknowledging the complexity of Davoudi’s approach (2012) means to recognize that ‘spatial resilience’ is influenced by many phenomena that are difficult to measure: the adaptation and transformation of a co-evolutive system. This paper introduces a pioneering approach that is propaedeutic to the spatial measure of urban resilience assuming that it is possible to define a system as being intrinsically vulnerable to stress and shocks and minimally resilient, as described by Folke in 2006. In this sense, vulnerability is counterpoised to resilience, even if they act simultaneously: the first includes the exposure to a specific hazard, whereas the second emerges from the characteristics of a complex socio-ecological and technical system. Here we present a Geographic Information System-based vulnerability matrix performed in ESRI ArcGIS 10.6 environment as an output of the spatial interaction between sensitivities, shocks, and linear pressures of the urban system. The vulnerability is the first step of measuring the resilience of the system by a semi-quantitative approach. The spatial interaction of these measures is useful to define the interventions essential to designing and building the adaptation of the built environment by planning governance. Results demonstrate how mapping resilience aids the spatial planning decision-making processes, indicating where and what interventions are necessary to adapt and transform the system.

Commerce and Poetry Hand in Hand: Music in American Department Stores, 1880-1930

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
String Quartets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Background Music ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Richard Strauss ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
Concert Programs ◽  
Twentieth Century America

Department stores emerged as central institutions in the expansion of the consumer culture in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and music played an unusually prominent and varied role in these new palaces of consumption. Over the half century from 1880 to 1930 a wide range of music was presented in the stores, including elegant evening concerts conducted by such luminaries as Richard Strauss and Leopold Stokowski, afternoon programs given by professional and amateur musicians in large in-store concert halls, performances by choruses and bands made up of store employees, background music played by pianists or string quartets, and phonograph demonstrations. Trade papers published for department store retailers reveal the marketing strategies that largely motivated this impressive patronage of music. Music's range of cultural associations worked to the retailers' advantage by investing the stores with excitement and drama, by imbuing commonplace goods with luxury and status, and by encouraging leisurely shopping among women. The commercial setting, in turn, left indellible marks on the music: in the length of concert programs, in the types of works commissioned by the stores, in the mixing of popular and classical repertories, and in the reduction of music to a commodity. The department stores proved a crucial testing ground for the widescale commercialization of music in twentieth-century America.

DETERMINING THE AREA SIZES OF EACH PRODUCT CATEGORY IN A DEPARTMENT STORE USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulcin Dinc Yalcin ◽  
Zehra Kamisli Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Department Store ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Pairwise Comparisons ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Ahp Model ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Wide Range

In a department store, customers have the opportunity to reach a wide range of consumer goods from different product categories within a single store area. Store layouts generally show the size and location of each department, any permanent structures, fixture locations, and customer traffic patterns. Determining the area sizes to be allocated to each product category and the layout of these areas in the department store is a strategic planning decision problem. The layout problem has been studied in the literature with different approaches where the sizes of the areas are known. The first purpose of this paper is to determine the area sizes of each product category.   Customers decide to go to a department store for several reasons including the quality of products, services, location, etc. These reasons have been studied in the literature. However, “for which product categories do customers decide to go to a department store” is an open question. The second purpose of this paper is to find the frequency of product categories from the viewpoint of the customers. Therefore, our aim is to obtain the required results in a systematic way with multi-criteria decision making methodologies. For this purpose, we perform the Analytic Network Process (ANP) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) from the viewpoints of department managers and customers, respectively.   In the ANP model, several tangible and intangible criteria such as product costs, the demands of customers, sales history, overall inventory, floor space and relationship with suppliers are chosen, and the intersections between them are specified. Pairwise comparisons are made by department store managers. The ANP outcome is the weight of each product category, and these weights are considered the percentage of the area size within the store from the viewpoint of the department stores. In the AHP model, a simple model is constructed to define the customers’ preference for each product category. Pairwise comparisons between product categories are made by the customers. Therefore, the outcome of the AHP model is the weight of each product category, and this is the preference of each product category from the viewpoint of the customers. The outcomes show that these weights may be different. This is an expected situation since even if a product category is preferred by some as the driver to visit a department store, the footprint of that category in the actual store may be small. The outcome from customers provides feedback to department store managers on which product category should be diversified as well as the area sizes of those categories.

scholarly journals Population mobility and sustainable development in the Mamminasata Metropolitan South Sulawesi, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-260
Author(s):  
Batara Surya ◽  
◽  
Emil Salim Rasyidi ◽  
Herminawaty Abubakar ◽  
Muhammad Idris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Spatial Expansion ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Spatial Use

Economic growth and urban agglomeration have triggered an increase in the size and mobility of the Metropolitan Mamminasata urban population. This study aims to analyse spatial interactions working as a determinant of connectivity of the transportation system and the growth of suburban areas toward smart and sustainable cities in the Mamminasata Metropolitan urban system and the effects that spatial expansion, spatial integration, urban agglomeration, spatial use, and the transportation system have on population mobility. The research method used is a sequential explanatory design that combines quantitative and qualitative research methods. The results show that the coefficients of determination are as follows: spatial expansion to population mobility – 4.90%, spatial integration to population mobility – 2.99%, spatial interaction to population mobility – 4.87%, urban agglomeration to population mobility – 2.09%, space use to population mobility – 2.64%, and transportation system to population mobility – 5.15%. The results of this study will assist in the formulation of development policies, management of the urban transportation system, and allocation of space utilisation going forward.

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