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Spatial Equilibrium in the Dispersed City

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Environment, Regional Science and Interregional Modeling

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 127))

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The standard model of residential land use in a city as treated by Mills (1973) assumes that all working and shopping opportunities are concentrated in the center of the city, the Central Business District (CBD) and that residential land is homogenous otherwise. Through this assumption, a definite orientation with respect to the center is introduced into residential land use. The effect of any other interactions over distance is overlooked. To put it bluntly, work and consumption (shopping) dominate all trip making behaviour, the interaction with other residents through social and recreational contacts is completely ignored.

The assistance of J. Fisher in the calculations and drawing of figures is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Technische Universität München, W.Germany

    Martin J. Beckmann

  2. Brown University, USA

    Martin J. Beckmann

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  1. School of Management State University of New York, Binghamton, N.Y., 13901, USA

    Manas Chatterji

  2. Department of Economics, Centrum voor Economische Studiën (Katholieke Universiteit Louvain), Van Evenstraat 2B, Louvain, 3000, Belgium

    Paul Van Rompuy

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Beckmann, M.J. (1976). Spatial Equilibrium in the Dispersed City. In: Chatterji, M., Van Rompuy, P. (eds) Environment, Regional Science and Interregional Modeling. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 127. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45488-2_8

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