1st Edition

The Isolated City State An Economic Geography of Urban Spatial Structure

490 Pages

by Routledge

490 Pages

by Routledge

490 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1990, The Isolated City State asks the questions, why have the world’s major cities experienced explosive growth? Why does the socio-economic status in North America roughly increase with distance from the city centre, while the socio-economic status in South America roughly decreases? What are the reasons behind the sudden decline of some large, central cities? Will... Read more

Dedication

Prologue

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Agglomeration

Part I: Equilibrium

2. Individual Behaviour

3. Individual Behaviour in Space

4. The Aggregation of Perfectly Rational Choices

5. States of Urban Development

6. The Case of Income Variations

7. The Case of Environmental Variations