Anderson, William P. (William Peter), 1954-
Economic geography [electronic resource] / William P. Anderson. -- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012. -- 1 online resource (xvi, 383 p.) : ill. -- Obsahuje: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I Fundamental concepts; 1 Introduction; 2 The friction of distance; 3 Agglomeration; 4 Markets; 5 Spatial interaction; 6 Resources and the environment; 7 The production technology; PART II The multiregional economy; 8 Specialization and trade; 9 Interregional movements of labor and capital; 10 Polarization in the multiregional economy; 11 Scale economies and imperfect competition in the multiregional economy; 12 Unemployment and regional policy; PART III Location theory. -- Resumé: Economic geographers study and attempt to explain the spatial configuration of economic activities, including the production of goods and services, their transfer from one economic agent to another and their transformation into utility by consumers. The spatial configuration, which includes both the pattern of activities on the map and the relationships between activities occurring in different places, is the outcome of a vast number of distinct but interrelated decisions made by firms, households, governments and a variety of other private and public institutions. The goal of this book is. -- ISBN : 9780203114988 (electronic bk.). -- 0203114981 (electronic bk.). -- 9781136293474 (electronic bk.). -- 1136293477 (electronic bk.). -- 9780415701204. -- 0415701201. -- 9780415701211. -- 041570121X.
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