Site Selection
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Site Selection covers the method behind "near Power Centres" — the discipline ## Scoring and Clustering [[co-location-cluster-formation|Cluster Formation]] and [[cluster-deduplication-threshold|the Deduplication Threshold]] describe how a qualifying anchor becomes a candidate cluster and how overlapping candidates are resolved. [[co-location-ranking-system|The Ranking System]], [[co-location-tiering-scoring|Tiering and Scoring]], and [[catchment-ranking-methodology-v3|the V3 Catchment Ranking Methodology]] set out the deterministic scoring algorithm and its current binary-predicate tier engine. [[geographic-co-location-methodology|Geographic Co-Location Methodology]] and [[geometric-site-selection-national-tenancy|Retail Anchor Co-Location as a Spatial Indicator]] cover the continental-scale cluster framework behind the method. [[od-catchment-methodology|O-D Catchment Methodology]] and [[trade-area-methodology|Trade-Area Methodology]] define the primary and secondary trade areas — and the honest limits of straight-line catchment measurement — that scoring runs against. [[co-location-cluster-formation|Cluster Formation]] and [[cluster-deduplication-threshold|the Deduplication Threshold]] describe how a qualifying anchor becomes a candidate cluster and how overlapping candidates are resolved. [[co-location-ranking-system|The Ranking System]], [[co-location-tiering-scoring|Tiering and Scoring]], and [[catchment-ranking-methodology-v3|the V3 Catchment Ranking Methodology]] set out the deterministic scoring algorithm and its current binary-predicate tier engine. [[geographic-co-location-methodology|Geographic Co-Location Methodology]] covers the continental-scale cluster framework behind the method. [[od-catchment-methodology|O-D Catchment Methodology]] and [[trade-area-methodology|Trade-Area Methodology]] define the primary and secondary trade areas — and the honest limits of straight-line catchment measurement — that scoring runs against. <!-- AUTO-GENERATED MEMBERSHIP: DO NOT EDIT BELOW — regenerate from index_group: scoring-and-clustering --> - [[co-location-cluster-formation]] — The pipeline step that converts each qualifying anchor store into a candidate co-location cluster; overlapping candidates from a single trade area are resolved by deduplication before ranking inputs are aggregated. @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ Site Selection covers the method behind "near Power Centres" — the discipline - [[co-location-tiering-scoring]] — Tier scoring for co-location clusters — what the T1–T3 composition tiers measure, the DBSCAN parameters that form clusters, and what the tiers do not claim. - [[catchment-ranking-methodology-v3]] — The V3 tier-assignment methodology assigns each co-location cluster to one of four tiers using binary predicate gates — composition, national catchment rank, civic classification, and spatial overlap — replacing the prior composite-score system introduced in Sprint 17 (May 2026). - [[geographic-co-location-methodology]] — Five-degree cluster system scoring retail node proximity from Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary target co-occurrence to rank development sites by anchor strength. - [[geometric-site-selection-national-tenancy]] — A continental-scale cluster analysis framework identifying retail anchor co-location clusters and their tier classification across thirteen countries. - [[od-catchment-methodology]] — Trade areas for each co-location cluster are defined using crow-flies H3 hexagonal distance rings: a 35 km primary zone and a 35–150 km secondary zone, both computed from WorldPop 2026 population data. - [[trade-area-methodology]] — Honest labelling of demand geography — why straight-line distance bands are never called catchments, and the planned move to isochrones and observed origins. <!-- END AUTO-GENERATED -->