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Recent planning thought has focused on how to configure the city to reduce dependence on private automobiles . One important strain of this thinking is how to promote a city where daily needs can be satisfied on foot . Using the tools of Central Place Theory and Demand Threshold analysis , this work studies the required population density to bring grocery shopping within pedestrian range of the population . The analysis is based on the grocery market in Dallas County , Texas . As long as economies of scale and consumer price sensitivity continue to operate as they have , the alternatives will remain much higher density or only partial access . The suggested policy implication is that neighborhood design issues should be decoupled from economic land -use arguments for the purposes of discussion by policy makers . |
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