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Examining the thesis of central business district decline: evidence from the Montreal metropolitan area

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  • W J Coffey
  • M Pol�se
  • R Drolet
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    Much recent North American research has focused on the decline of the central business district (CBD) as the economic core of metropolitan areas, and the corresponding rise of suburban employment centres. According to the literature, this trend is particularly evident in the case of high-order service functions: business services, finance, insurance, and real estate services, and head offices. In this paper, we argue that the decentralization of high-order service activities and the corresponding CBD decline may be neither as strong a trend nor as universal a phenomenon as certain authors have indicated. Rather, the growth of suburban office employment may reflect a strong CBD whose economic base is becoming increasingly specialized. Using data from the Montreal metropolitan area, we first examine intrametropolitan decentralization in a shift-share framework, then document the mobility of establishments and employment. Our findings suggest that, in spite of a certain level of intrametropolitan decentralization, the CBD continues to be the primary locus of high-order services.

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    Article provided by Pion Ltd, London in its journal Environment and Planning A.

    Volume (Year): 28 (1996)
    Issue (Month): 10 (October)
    Pages: 1795-1814

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    Handle: RePEc:pio:envira:v:28:y:1996:i:10:p:1795-1814

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    1. BAUMONT, Catherine & BOURDON, Françoise & Guillain, Rachel, 2003. "Mutations urbaines et logiques de localisation des emplois : le cas de la communauté de l'agglomération dijonnaise (1990;1999)," LEG - Document de travail - Economie 2003-13, LEG, Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion, CNRS UMR 5118, Université de Bourgogne.
    2. BAUMONT, Catherine & BOURDON, Françoise, 2002. "Centres secondaires et recomposition économique des espaces urbains.Le cas de la Communauté de l'Agglomération Dijonnaise (1990 ; 1999)," LATEC - Document de travail - Economie (1991-2003) 2002-04, LATEC, Laboratoire d'Analyse et des Techniques EConomiques, CNRS UMR 5118, Université de Bourgogne.

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