Economic Geography

ISBN-13: 9780415701204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 390 str.

William P. Anderson

Opis

This textbook can be used in either an introductory or intermediate course in economic geography. It differs markedly from most of the economic geography textbooks available today in terms of its theoretical orientation and the level of analytical rigour in its presentation.

William P. Anderson has produced a book that is the first to reconcile traditional 'cultural' approaches with the 'new' economic geography, spatial economics and path dependency as applied to location theory and urban systems. It should therefore be suitable for students of all levels and abilities and is fully in tune with what is new and happening in this burgeoning field.

Spis treści

Preface  Acknowledgements  Part 1 Fundamental Concepts  1. Introduction  2. The Friction of Distance  3. Agglomeration  4. Markets  5. Spatial Interaction  6. Resources and the Environment  7. The Production Technology  Part II: The Multiregional Economy  8. Specialization and Trade  9. Interregional Movements of Labor and Capital  10. Polarization in the Multiregional Economy  11. Scale economies and imperfect competition in the multiregional economy  12. Unemployment and Regional Policy  Part III: Location Theory  13. Transportation and Location  14. Scale Economies and Input Substitution  15. Labor, Rent, Taxes and Subsidies  16. Interrelated Location Choices  Part IV: Markets for Space  17. Agricultural Land Use  18 Urban Land Use: The Monocentric City  19. Urban Sprawl and the Polycentric City  Part V: Systems of Cities  20. Urbanization  21 City Size Distribution and Urban Hierarchies  22. Central Place Theory  23. Network Urban Systems  Part VI: Globalization and the Knowledge Economy  25. The Globalization of Production Systems  24. International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment  26. The Knowledge Economy

O autorze

William P. Anderson is Ontario Research Chair in Cross-Border Transportation Policy, University of Windsor, Canada.