This volume comprises a selection of key papers which map out the latest developments in various aspects of spatial economics and economic geography. Edited by a leading authority in the field, this collection brings together papers which reflect both the depth of analysis and also the diversity...

This paper deals with two interrelated questions, namely the optimum size of a shipment, (including the question of the size of a haulage vehicle or vessel), and the structure of transport costs. The relationship between these two questions has not been coherently dealt with previously in the...

Much of the current literature on hi-tech developments within the electronics industry tends to focus on the spatial and organisational arrangements evident in innovative clusters such as Silicon Valley. There are, however, many very different forms of spatial organisation which engender...