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