The nature of production is examined for a particular class of economic activity at the level of the region. Average cost conditions at the plant level are specified, from which the long-run average cost curve of the regional industry is derived. Attention is then drawn to certain features of...

The relationship between producer supply areas and the location of production is considered for a particular class of manufacturing activity. The spatial structure of production is examined by means of a free-entry model, in which producers within a region compete for access to a dispersed...

The central concern is with the nature of cities and regions and the vagueness that appears to have enveloped each of these terms. Consideration is initially given to the ‘built city’ and how this perspective on the city may be extended in several ways. There follows an examination of the...

It is argued that the spatial structure of administration is influenced in part by the requirements of administrative logic and in part by the fact that an administrative structure has to exist within a broader and generally more complex functional structure. The main criteria for organising the...

Although considerable reliance has been placed on the concept of agglomeration economies in the analysis of industrial location, it tends to be ill-defined, and the term has come to assume a variety of connotations. A system of classification for agglomeration economies is outlined, which...

The primary focus is on three aspects of regional policy that have tended to be taken for granted in the past. To set the discussion in context, several important background issues are examined. Of the three neglected aspects to be considered here, the first explores the bases or justifications...