An Economic Theory of Cities : Spatial Models with Capital, Knowledge, and Structures /

This book is concerned with dynamic relations between urban division of labor, division of consumption and determination of prices structure within a perfectly competitive framework in spatial economy. Our analytical framework examines the issues related to urban dynamics raised in the traditional u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Weibin
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.
Series:Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems ; 512.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Urban Growth with Housing and Spatial Structure
  • Spatial Pattern Formation with Capital and Knowledge
  • Urban Structure with Growth and Sexual Division of Labor
  • Dynamic Pattern Formation with Heterogeneous Population
  • Two-Group Spatial Structures with Capital and Knowledge
  • Urban Growth and Pattern Formation with Preference Change
  • Urban-Rural Division of Labor with Spatial Amenities
  • Spatial Equilibrium with Multiple Cities
  • Growth with International Trade and Urban Pattern Formation
  • Nonlinear Dynamics of a Multi-City System
  • Further Issues on Cities
  • Bibliography
  • Author Index.