The purpose of this study is to identify the applicability of the Geographically Weighted Re-
gression for determination of relationships between the size of population and the distribution
of shops in the urban space. The paper presents the analyzed dependencies and diversities of urban
space on the example of Wroclaw. The study includes information concerning e.g.: location
of shops, population density and cubic capacity of residential buildings. Theoretical census enumeration areas were used as spatial reference units. Using local statistics of Moran and Getis–Ord,
patterns of local spatial dependencies were determined. Attempts were also made to identify determinants of shop distribution using global and spatial regression techniques – Geographically
Weighted Regression
