1st Edition

The Random Spatial Economy and its Evolution

By Leslie Curry Copyright 1998
501 Pages
by Routledge

460 Pages
by Routledge

501 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this volume, spanning a lifetime's research, is a highly innovative first attempt at a consistent theoretical approach to the elements, structures and dynamics of the geography of agents, settlements and trade. Cause and effect are replaced by chance within constraints. Populations are substituted for unreal representative individuals, variability for uniformity,... Read more

1. Demand in the Spatial Economy. 2. Agents. 3. Occupational Structures. 4. Settlement Structures. 5. Trading Structures. 6. Short Term Dynamics. 7. Long Term Dynamics.

Biography

Leslie Curry

’...brings together a lifetime of academic scholarship devoted to core issues in economic geography...it should be welcomed as a seminal contribution to a burgeoning field of academic inquiry...significant...’ The Geographic Journal '...this volume is full of great ideas and belongs on the shelves of all researchers in spatial analysis and economic geography.' Association of American Geographers 'This is an amazing body of work - grand theorizing that is unique in geography. Curry is clearly a deep thinker with a span of knowledge and insight that is astounding. Geography is much richer for his presence and dedication to our discipline.' Economic Geography