1st Edition

The Isolated City State An Economic Geography of Urban Spatial Structure

By Yorgos Papageorgiou Copyright 1990
    490 Pages
    by Routledge

    490 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Yorgos Papageorgiou