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According to textbooks of theoretical geography and urban economics, the analytical model which still better describes in strictly economic and locational terms the structure of the city system is Christaller’s and Losch’s central-place model developed in the 1930s and 1940s. After the basic refinements introduced by Isard, Beckmann and McPherson, a huge literature has grown upon the same logical foundations and simplifying assumptions with the works of Parr, Beguin, Mulligan and others, but it has not changed the basic economic characteristics of the initial model: it still remains the more elegant, abstract but consistent representation of the hierarchy of urban centres.
This chapter was previously published in T.R. Lakshmanan and P. Nijkamp (eds.) (1994), Structure and change in the space economy. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 66–90.
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For the use of the ‘network’ paradigm in organization theory see: Boissevain and Mitchell (1973) and Johannisson (1987); for its use in the theory of firm behaviour, especially in an innovation context, see: Freeman (1990), Kamann and Nijkamp (1990), Kamann and Strijker (1991), Camagni (1989a, 1991).
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As far as the micro-economic foundations of the central-place model and the spatial structure of each sector are concerned, the natural reference is mainly to Lösch; when on the contrary we refer to the general organization of centres and to the spatial structure of all sectors and market areas, we mainly follow Christaller. In fact, in Lösch’s general spatial equilibrium model the crucial notion of urban ‘hierarchy’ is lost.
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Camagni, R. (2017). From City Hierarchy to City Network: Reflections About an Emerging Paradigm. In: Capello, R. (eds) Seminal Studies in Regional and Urban Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57807-1_10
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