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Economic geography /

by Anderson, William P. (William Peter).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012Description: xvi, 383 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415701204 (hbk.); 0415701201 (hbk.); 9780415701211 (pbk.); 041570121X (pbk.); 9780203114988 (ebk.); 0203114981 (ebk.).Subject(s): Economic geography | Space in economics | Regional economics
Contents:
Part I: Fundamental concepts. Introduction ; The friction of distance ; Agglomeration ; Markets ; Spatial interaction ; Resources and the environment ; The production technology -- Part II: The multiregional economy. Specialization and trade ; Interregional movements of labor and capital ; Polarization in the multiregional economy ; Scale economies and imperfect competition in the multiregional economy ; Unemployment and regional policy -- Part III: Location theory. Transportation and location ; Scale economies and input substitution ; Labor, rent, taxes and subsidies ; Interrelated location choices -- Part IV: Markets for space. Agricultural land use ; Urban land use : the monocentric city ; Urban sprawl and the polycentric city -- Part V: Systems of cities. Urbanization ; City size distribution and urban hierarchies ; Central place theory ; Network urban systems -- Part VI: Globalization and the knowledge economy. International trade and foreign direct investment ; The globalization of production systems ; The knowledge economy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-376) and index.

Part I: Fundamental concepts. Introduction ; The friction of distance ; Agglomeration ; Markets ; Spatial interaction ; Resources and the environment ; The production technology -- Part II: The multiregional economy. Specialization and trade ; Interregional movements of labor and capital ; Polarization in the multiregional economy ; Scale economies and imperfect competition in the multiregional economy ; Unemployment and regional policy -- Part III: Location theory. Transportation and location ; Scale economies and input substitution ; Labor, rent, taxes and subsidies ; Interrelated location choices -- Part IV: Markets for space. Agricultural land use ; Urban land use : the monocentric city ; Urban sprawl and the polycentric city -- Part V: Systems of cities. Urbanization ; City size distribution and urban hierarchies ; Central place theory ; Network urban systems -- Part VI: Globalization and the knowledge economy. International trade and foreign direct investment ; The globalization of production systems ; The knowledge economy.

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