Abstract
This study verifies the relationship between micro-topographies and the distribution of retail stores in cities bydetermining empirically inclined angles that abut against series of stores in Shimokitazawa of Setagaya-ku,Tokyo. First, clumping analysis based on GIS showed that the area remote from the stores has more inclinesthan the area where stores cluster. Next, statistical tests using AIC in each distance zone from Shimokitazawastation indicated that the series of stores along the streets are tend to abut against at angles of inclinationbetween two and six degrees within 300 meters from the station.
