1st Edition

Systems of Cities and Facility Location

136 Pages

by Taylor & Francis

136 Pages

by Taylor & Francis

136 Pages

by Taylor & Francis

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First Published in 2001. This book contains two essays: the first examines optimal facility location, according to a variety of economic criteria; the second develops a theory of international trade in which a region is regarded as a system of cities.

Part 1 Facility Location Analysis, Pierre Hansen, Martine Labbé, Dominique Peeters, Jacques-François Thisse; Introduction; Chapter 1 Facility Location in Continuous Spaces; Chapter 2 Facility Location in Finite Spaces; Chapter 3 Facility Location on Networks; Chapter 4 Conclusion; Part 2 Systems of Cities and Inter-City Trade, J. Vernon Henderson; Chapter 5 Positive Analyses; Chapter 6 Normative Properties;