Lesson 6

SMT201 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning

About

Weekly Session

Take Home Exercises

GIS Project

Course Resources

Urban Application of Vector-based GIS Analysis

Content

Trade Area Analysis

• Defining trade areas
• Examples of trade areas
• Factors that influence trade area
• GIS-based trade area analysis process
• GIS-based trade area delineation techniques

References

Trade Area Analysis

• Retail Trade Area Analysis: Concepts and New Approaches

• The Evaluation of Trade Area Models and Analysis Methods for Site Selection from International Quick Service Restaurants’ (QSR) Perspective

• Spatial Delineation of Market Areas: A Proposed Approach

• Shopping Mall Trade Area Analysis

• Downtown and Business District Market Analysis -> Understand the Market: Trade Area Analysis

• GIS-based method of delimitating trade area for retail chains

Land-use/Land-cover Change Analysis

• Application of GIS for land-use/land-cover change analysis in a mountainous terrain