Urban Agglomeration and Economic Growth

ISBN-13: 9783642793998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 277 str.

Herbert Giersch

Opis

Urban Agglomeration and Economic Growth is the fifth volume in the series of books emanating from the activities of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation. It contains 10 papers (plus a supplementary note) which were presented at an international conference in Zurich, Switzerland, in summer 1993. These papers cover historical and theoretical aspects as well as policy implications.
The volume contains contributions by M. Beckmann, H.-J. Ewers, R.H. Funck, M. van Geenhuizen and P. Nijkamp, G. Giuliano and K.A. Small, P. Hall, H. Klodt, J. Mokyr, H.W. Richardson and J.G. Williamson.

Spis treści

I: History.- Urbanization, Technological Progress, and Economic History.- Urbanization, Industrial Dynamics, and Spatial Development: A Company Life History Approach.- Migration and City Growth during Industrial Revolutions.- II: Theory.- Economic Growth in a Central Place System.- Supplementary Note on “Economic Growth in a Central Place System”.- Economies and Diseconomies of Agglomeration.- Structural Change in Urban Growth.- The Locational Impact of Declining Costs of Transportation and Communication.- III: Policy Implications.- Alternative Strategies for Coping with Traffic Congestion.- Competition among Locations: Objectives, Instruments, Strategies, Perspectives.- The Future of Planning.- About the Authors.