| Description |
viii, 264 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Problem of Regional Growth -- Defining Regions -- The Difference between a Region and a Nation -- The Current State of Regional Growth Theory -- Introduction -- Export Base Models -- Neoclasical Models -- Comulative Causation Models -- Economic Models -- Input-Output Models -- Multisector Models and Regional Development Planning -- Space and Regional Growth Analysis Introduction -- Location Theory and Regional Growth -- The Transportation Sector and Regional Growth -- Income Potential and Gravity Trade Models -- The Role of Cities in Regional Development -- Regional Growth Theory and Growth Poles -- 'Competitive' versus 'Generative' Growth -- Resource Mobility in the Space Economy -- Inter-regional Migration -- The Mobility of Capital -- Spatial Diffusion of Innovations -- Towards a General Theory of Spatial -- Development -- Introduction -- The Integration of Regional and Urban Economics -- The Regional Dispersion of National Growth and Intra-regional Concentration -- Urban Decentralisation -- Investment -- Determinants of Regional Investment -- A Markov Chain Model of Inter-regional Savings and Capital Growth -- Elements in a Spatial Growth Theory -- Location Constants -- Measurement of Agglomeration Economies -- Local Preferences -- Social and Political Factors in Regional Growth -- The Model -- Description and Characteristics -- A Reduced-Form Version -- Problems of Testing-An Apologia -- Policy Implications of the Theory -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
| Analysis |
Regional economic planning Theories |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 237-253 |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Regional economics.
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Regional planning.
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Space in economics.
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| LC no. |
73169791 |
| ISBN |
0333144279 |
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