Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and

Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Globalization

Economic activities are not concentrated on the head of a pin, nor are they spread evenly over a featureless plane. On the contrary, they are distributed very unequally across locations, regions, and countries. Even though economic activities are, to some extent, spatially concentrated because of natural features, economic mechanisms that rely on the trade-off between various forms of increasing returns and different types of mobility costs are more fundamental. This book is a study of the economic reasons for the existence of a large variety of agglomerations arising from the global to the local. This second edition combines a comprehensive analysis of the fundamentals of spatial economics and an in-depth discussion of the most recent theoretical developments in new economic geography and urban economics. It aims to highlight several of the major economic trends observed in modern societies.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521171960
Edition	2
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
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ISBN	0521171962
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Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	544
PublicationDate	2013-08-06
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ReleaseDate	2013-12-05
Studio	Cambridge University Press

Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Globalization