Variations of order in a new market context -- Changing meaning of bazaar trade in Central Asia -- Organizing collectively : founding a trade union at Dordoi Bazaar -- Adapting to bazaar ownership : business as diplomacy -- Centralizing to modernize : municipal law and order at Osh Bazaar --...

This study explores the impact on Java's economic geography of railways built by the Dutch colonial government. Pre-1940 Dutch railway construction affords an historical experiment on the spatial distribution of economic activities across urban Java both before and after 1940.Using city data for...

This study addresses the debate on whether high-speed railroad (HSR) polarizes or balances economic geography. We find that both can occur: while the service sector tends to agglomerate, the manufacturing sector may decentralize; moreover, economic activities may agglomerate from distant areas to...

This study addresses the debate on whether high-speed railroad (HSR) polarizes or balances economic geography. We find that both can occur: while the service sector tends to agglomerate, the manufacturing sector may decentralize; moreover, economic activities may agglomerate from distant areas to...