City Systems Built on the Basis of Economic Activity
Economic globalization gives rise to a harsher cost competition among manufacturing firms. It follows that manufacturing firms’ production processes are fragmented into small blocs, which are scattered over a large geographical space. The locations of fac
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Dynamic Locational Phases of Economic Activity in the Globalized World
Dynamic Locational Phases of Economic Activity in the Globalized World
Toshiharu Ishikawa
Dynamic Locational Phases of Economic Activity in the Globalized World
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Toshiharu Ishikawa Institute of Economic Research Chuo University Hachioji, Tokyo Japan
ISBN 978-981-10-0523-7 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0524-4
ISBN 978-981-10-0524-4
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Preface
This book analyzes retailers’ market areas, the manufacturers’ factory locations, and city systems’ structures in the globalized world. The activities of the retailing and manufacturing industries are crucial economic elements to build a framework for people’s daily lives. These activities are concretely realized in cities and city systems. Retailers’ locations and their market areas establish the basic structure of consumption activity and form the core of individual cities. Manufacturers’ factories, which provide various kinds of employment for people, are located in cities because the daily lives of workers in the factories are sustained by the functions of the cities surrounding them. That is, both the consumption and production activities provide the economic base of cities while, at the same time, these activities are maintained by the city system. This book explains the retailers’ market areas, the manufacturers’ factory locations, and the structure of the city systems, and shows the mechanisms by which the spatial patterns of both industries— retailing and manufacturing—and the city systems are organized in a space. In addition, the locational changes of the two industries and the structural variation of the city system are analyzed. The book clarifies t
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