Description: The rapidly changing structure of urban social and economic activity in recent years has given rise to a great deal of concern regarding the fate of that area of the city where economic activity is chiefly concentrated: the central business district (CBD)
Brief description:
Raymond E. Murphy received his B.S. from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has taught at the University of Kentucky, Pennsylvania State University, and for many years in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, Massachusetts. He has contributed numerous articles to geographical literature and is the author of several books. He was also editor of Economic Geography.
Review Quotes:
"It is useful to have CBD studies by geographers and others summarized in a single volume, and it important to know what Murphy, who has been considering the CBD for two decades, thinks of the district's future. Basically, he is optimistic: even though certain retail establishments, hotels, and insurance headquarters seem to be leaving the CBD for the suburbs, more apartment houses are being built at the edge of the CBD and in large national and international centers the CBDs are acquiring more offices. The CBD, Murphy feels, continues to have the accessibility that will keep many functions in it, and it provides an unmatched business environment."
--Howard J. Nelson, Geographical Review