The Isolated City State: An Economic Geography of Urban Spatial Structure / Edition 1

by Yorgos Papageorgiou

Overview

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 recovery if it happens be equally rapid? Generally, to understand the phenomenon, simplifications are made which make it impossible to understand other phenomena. This major study synthesises a vast amount of theorising and research to provide answers to the major questions of urban geography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138490611
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/24/2020
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning
Pages:	490
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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 8. Sudden Urban Growth 9. The Decline of Central Cities Part II: Optimum 10. Public Choice 11. Simple Urban Optimum 12. Decentralisation 13. Unequal Treatment of Equals Part III: Externalities 14. Conceptual Frameworks 15. Spatial Externalities and the City 16. Prejudice 17. Industrial Pollution 18. Spatial Public Goods References Citation Index