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An Introduction to Regional Economics
Edgar M. Hoover and Frank Giarratani

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
1. Introduction: 1.1 What is Regional Economics?; 1.2 Three Foundation Stones; 1.3 Regional Economic Problems and the Plan of This Book; Selected Readings

2. Individual Location Decisions: 2.1 Levels of Analysis and Location Units; 2.2 Objectives and Procedures for Location Choice; 2.3 Location Factors; 2.4 Spatial Patterns of Differential Advantage in Specific Location Factors; 2.5 Transfer Orientation; 2.6 Location and the Theory of Production; 2.7 Scale Economies and Multiple Markets or Sources; 2.8 Some Operational Shortcuts; 2.9 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings

3. Transfer Costs: 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Some Economic Characteristics of Transfer Operations; 3.3 Characteristic Features of Transfer Costs and Rates; 3.4 Locational Significance of Characteristics of Transfer Rates; 3.5 Some Recent Developments Concerning the Structure of Transfer Costs; 3.6 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings; Appendix 3-1 Rate Discrimination by a Transfer Monopolist

4. Location Patterns Dominated by Dispersive Forces: 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Market Areas; 4.3 Some Aspects of Spatial Pricing Policy and Market Areas; 4.4 Competition and Location Decisions; 4.5 Market Areas and the Choice of Locations; 4.6 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings; Appendix 4-1 Conditions Determining the Existence and Size of Market Areas

5. Location Patterns Dominated by Cohesion: 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 External Economies: Output Variety and Market Attraction; 5.3 External Economies: Characteristics of the Production Process; 5.4 Single-Activity Clusters and Urbanization; 5.5 Mixed Situations; 5.6 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings

6. Land Use: 6.1 What Is "Land"?; 6.2 Competition for the Use of Land; 6.3 An Activity's Demand for Land: Rent Gradients and Rent Surfaces; 6.4 Interactivity Competition for Space; 6.5 Rural and Urban Land Use Allocation; 6.6 Residential Location; 6.7 Rent and Land Value; 6.8 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings; Appendix 6-1. Derivation of Formulas for Rent Gradients and Their Slopes

7. The Spatial Structure of Urban Areas: 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Some Location Factors; 7.3. Symmetrical Monocentric Models of Urban Form; 7.4 Differentiation by Sectors; 7.5 Subcenters; 7.6 Explaining Urban Form; 7.7 Changes in Urban Patterns; 7.8 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings

8. The Location of Urban Places: 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Formation of a System of Cities; 8.3 Trade Centers in an American Region-The Upper Midwest Study; 8.4 Activities Extraneous to the Central-Place Hierarchy; 8.5 Trends in Urban Patterns; 8.6 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings; Appendix 8-1 Trading-Area Boundaries Under Reilly's Law; Appendix 8-2 Concentration of U.S. Manufacturing Industries by Size Class of City

9. Regions: 9.1 The Nature of a Region; 9.2 Delimiting Functional Regions; 9.3 Relations of Activities Within a Region; 9.4 Regional Specialization; 9.5 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings

10. The Location of People: 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 A Look at Some Differentials; 10.3 The Supply of Labor at a Location; 10.4 Labor Orientation: The Demand for Labor at a Location; 10.5 The Rationale of Labor Cost Differentials; 10.6 Labor Cost Differentials and Employer Locations Within an Urban Labor Market Area; 10.7 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings

11. How Regions Develop: 11.1 Some Basic Trends and Questions; 11.2 What Causes Regional Growth?; 11.3 The Role of Demand; 11.4 The Role of Supply; 11.5 Interregional Trade and Factor Movements; 11.6 Interregional Convergence; 11.7 The Role of Cities in Regional Development; 11.8 External and Internal Factors in Regional Development; 11.9 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings; Appendix 11-1 Further Explanation of Basic Steps in Input-Output Analysis; Appendix 11-2 Example of an Input-Output Table with Households Included as an Endogenous Activity

12. Regional Objectives and Policies: 12.1 The Growing Concern with Regional Development; 12.2 Objectives; 12.3 Regional Pathology: The Emergence of "Problem Areas"; 12.4 The Available Tools; 12.5 Basic Issues of Regional Development Strategy; 12.6 The Role of Growth Centers; 12.7 Aspects of United States Regional Development programs; 12.8 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings; Appendix 12-1 The Shift-Share Analysis of Components of Regional Activity Growth

13. Some Spatial Aspects of Urban Problems: 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Downtown: Problems and Responses; 13.3 Urban Poverty; 13.4 Transporting People; 13.5 Urban Fiscal Distress; 13.6 The Value of Choice; 13.7 Summary; Technical Terms Introduced in This Chapter; Selected Readings