Economics of Agglomeration
Subtitle: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780521805247
Subjects: Economic geography; Economics; Social theory; Urban & municipal planning; Industries - General; Economic History; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Space in economics; Politics/International Relations; Regional economics; Economics - General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Industries; Business & Economics-Economic History; Business & Economics-Economics - General; Economic Conditions; Industrial location
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).