Economics of Agglomeration
Subtitle: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780521801386
Subjects: Economic geography; Economics; Social theory; Urban & municipal planning; Political Science; Economic History; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Space in economics; Industries - General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Industries; Business & Economics-Economic History; Economic Conditions; Industrial location; Regional economics
First sentence: Just as matter in the solar system is concentrated in a small number of bodies (the planets and their satellites), economic life is concentrated in a fairly limited number of human settlements (cities and clusters).