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

An Economic Theory of Cities Spatial Models with Capital, Knowledge, and Structures / by Wei-Bin Zhang.

Over more than two centuries the developmentofeconomic theory has created a wide array of different concepts, theories, and insights. My recent books, Capital and Knowledge (Zhang, 1999) and A TheoryofInternational Trade (Zhang, 2000) show how separate economic theories such as the Marxian economics...

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Main Author: Zhang, Wei-Bin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 512
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Economic theory.
Geography.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Von Thünen’s Theory
  • 1.2 Classical Location Theory
  • 1.3 The Alonso Model and its Extensions
  • 1.4 Imperfect Competition
  • 1.5 Spatial Agglomeration
  • 1.6 Spatial Structures with Population and Knowledge
  • 1.7 City Systems
  • 1.8 Nonlinear Spatial Economic Dynamics
  • 1.9 The Purpose and Structure of the Book
  • 2 Urban Growth with Housing and Spatial Structure
  • 2.1 Urban Growth with Housing Production
  • 2.2 The Dynamics in the Terms of K(t)
  • 2.3 Equilibrium and Stability
  • 2.4 The Impact of the Population on Economic Geography
  • 2.5 The Propensity to Hold Wealth and the Equilibrium Structure
  • 2.6 On Extensions of the Basic Model
  • 3 Spatial Pattern Formation with Capital and Knowledge
  • 3.1 The Urban Dynamics
  • 3.2 Equilibrium and Stability
  • 3.3 The Knowledge Accumulation Parameters
  • 3.4 The Impact of Government Intervention in Research
  • 3.5 The Working Conditions of Scientists
  • 3.6 On Knowledge Creation and Spatial Economic Evolution
  • 4 Urban Structure with Growth and Sexual Division of Labor
  • 4.1 Growth with Sexual Division of Labor and Location
  • 4.2 The Spatial Equilibrium Structure
  • 4.3 Sexual Productivity Differences and Economic Structure
  • 4.4 Remarks
  • A.4.1 Proving Proposition 4.2.1
  • 5 Dynamic Urban Pattern Formation with Heterogeneous Population
  • 5.1 The Urban Growth with Two Groups
  • 5.2 Separation of the Groups’ Residential Location
  • 5.3 Economic Equilibrium and Stability
  • 5.4 The Impact of Savings Rates
  • 5.5 The Impact of Human Capital
  • 5.6 On Urban Evolution with Multiple Groups
  • 6 Two-Group Spatial Structures with Capital and Knowledge
  • 6.1 The Spatial Economy with Heterogeneous Population
  • 6.2 Temporary Urban Pattern
  • 6.3 Long-Run Equilibria and Stability Conditions
  • 6.4 The Impact of Creativity
  • 6.5 The Impact of the Population
  • 6.6 On Urban Evolution with Heterogeneous Population
  • 7 Urban Growth and Pattern Formation with Preference Change
  • 7.1 The Model
  • 7.2 Properties of the Dynamic System
  • 7.3 Human Capital and the Economic Structure
  • 7.4 On Preference Change and Urban Pattern
  • 8 Urban-Rural Division of Labor with Spatial Amenities
  • 8.1 The Spatial Structure with Urban-Rural Areas
  • 8.2 Spatial Equilibria
  • 8.3 Amenities and Economic Geography
  • 8.4 On Spatial Equilibrium Structure
  • 9 Spatial Equilibrium with Multiple Cities
  • 9.1 The Model
  • 9.2 Urban Equilibria
  • 9.3 The Impact of Amenities upon the Urban Structure
  • 9.4 Concluding Remarks
  • 10 Growth with International Trade and Urban Pattern Formation
  • 10.1 The Model
  • 10.2 The Dynamic Properties of the Trade System
  • 10.3 Country 1’s Propensity to Own Wealth
  • 10.4 Country Ps Working Efficiency
  • 10.5 On International Trade and Spatial Structures
  • 11 Nonlinear Dynamics of a Multi-City System
  • 11.1 An Isolated Island Economy
  • 11.2 Economic Geographic Cycles in the Isolated Island Economy
  • 11.3 Aperiodic Oscillations in the J-Island Economy
  • 11.4 On Spatial Chaos
  • 12 Further Issues on Cities
  • Author Index.

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