Location in Space: Theoretical Perspectives in Economic Geography |
Contents
INTRODUCTION THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC | 1 |
The Economic Geographers Perspective | 7 |
A Modelbased Approach | 13 |
Spatial Organization of Production of Other Goods | 24 |
A Summary View | 38 |
The Hierarchy and the Movement of Consumers to Central Places | 45 |
Spatial Organization of Agricultural Production | 52 |
A Summary View | 60 |
Technical Knowledge | 169 |
Further Reading | 178 |
Economies of Scale | 185 |
Economies of Scale in Reality | 199 |
Localized External Economies of Scale | 207 |
Summary | 217 |
Alternative Perspectives | 253 |
A TwoWay Relationship | 268 |
Spatial Organization of Land Uses Within Urban Centers | 67 |
Empirical Evidence | 70 |
Some Empirical Evidence | 77 |
A HETEROGENEOUS LAND SURFACE | 83 |
Isards Substitution Framework | 93 |
Summary | 100 |
Further Reading | 110 |
The Structure of Transportation Costs | 121 |
Transportation Costs and the Location of Economic Activity | 132 |
Transportation Improvements and Their Spatial Impact | 142 |
Further Reading | 150 |
Labor | 156 |
Capital | 162 |
Advantages of the Large Business Organization | 288 |
How Organizations Are Organized | 301 |
Spatial Reorganization Within Large Business Organizations | 316 |
Another Look at Interfirm Relationships | 332 |
Further Reading | 338 |
The Labor Theory of Value Labor Power and the Labor Process | 345 |
Social Relations of Production | 352 |
Alternative Perspectives to Location in Space from Radical | 361 |
The Labor Process Debate | 379 |
Spatial Structures of Production and Spatial Divisions of Labor | 383 |
Further Reading | 397 |
Index | 419 |
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