This paper explores the role of retailers as an urban amenity. Using data for Swedish rural and city municipalities for 2002-2008, "accessibility to shops" measures are constructed for the shops in the municipalities and in the hosting regions separately to examine the relationship between...

Machine generated contents note: List ofIllustrations vii -- Acknowledgments xi 1 Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Economies in a Central-City Context 1 -- 2 Ohio's Central Cities 9 -- 3 Research Design and Methodology 27 -- 4 Central-City Neighborhoods 41 -- 5 Minor (Producer-Oriented) Employers...