本篇文章共分爲四部分。第一部分基於商業活動地點中供給與需求之間的互動以及消費者決策過程中經濟行爲之表現兩個觀點,針對中地理論及全路互動模型在描述商業空間結構之發展上缺乏完整性及其理論與現實之嚴重脫節提出批評。第二部分對在台北市九個商業地區所做的實證研究的主要發項提出簡要說明,明商業設施與活動在不同商業地區階層之間的差異性。依第一、第二部分之結果,第三部分提出建構商業設施空間結構理論的四個重要元素-功能空間系、服務綱、地區生態以及活動組,每一個元素均描述整個商業活動複雜體中的一個概念化的次系統。基於此,一個更實際的、更具描述性的理論可望被發展出來。最後第四部分針對前術第一、二、三部分作-結論。
This paper has four parts. In the frist part,central place theory and gravity model are criticized for their lack of comprehensiveness and balance in depicting development of spatial structure of commercial activity, viewed both in terms of the supply/demand in the market-place and the economic-behavioral phenomena of consumer decision-making. The second part summarizes the principal findings of an empirical study carried out in nine commercial areas of Taipei, illuminating differences among areal strata and various types of establishments. Thus supplemented the third part puts forward four theory-forming elements-spatio-functional system-service web, localized ecology, and activity c1uster, each of which delineating a conceptualized subsystem of the total complex of commercial activity. Upon these building blocks a more realistic and descriptive theory could hopefully be developed. Part four provides a concise conclusion.