Employment centres in greater Cleveland: Evidence of evolution in a formerly monocentric city

This paper uses US Census Bureau data from 1990 to identify employment centres in the five counties surrounding Cleveland, Ohio. The results indicate the extent to which the former dominance of downtown Cleveland has been eroded by the growth of suburban employment centres, Location quotient analysis is used to identify the specialisations of each of the employment centres, The results illustrate the extent to which the changes in urban form identified by researchers examining cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago have become the norm for cities throughout the US.