Urbanization and Environmental Quality
The purpose of this monograph is to clarify the effect of environmental change on the process of urbanization. The research attempts to uncover the similarities as well as the differences across countries of the charac teristics of environmental effects
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STUDIES IN APPLIED REGIONAL SCIENCE
Editor-in- Chief"
P.
NIJKAMP, Free University. Amsterdam
Editorial Board:
A. E.
ANDERSSON, University of Umea. Umea
W. ISARD, Cornell University. Ithaca L. H. KLAASSEN, Netherlands Economic Institute. Rotterdam I. MASSER, University of Sheffield. Sheffield N. SAKASHITA, University of Tsukuba. Sakura
4[r URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ISAO ORISHIMO Toyohashi University of Technology
KLUWER • NIJHOFF PUBLISHING BOSTON I THE HAGUE I LONDON
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Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Distribution Centre P.O. Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Orishimo, Isao, 1923Urbanization and environmental quality. (Studies in applied regional science) Includes index. 1. Urbanization. 2. Central places. 3. Pollution. 4. Quality of life. 5. Residential mobility. I. Title. II. Series. HT119.074 307.7'6 81-9635 ISBN-13: 978-94-009-7394-7
e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-7392-3
001: 10.1007/978-94-009-7392-3
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Copyright
© 1982 by KluweroNijhoff Publishing
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 15t edition 1982
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means without written permission from the publisher.
CONTENTS
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments
vii xi xiii
Introduction Theory Empirical Analysis Institutional Analysis
xv xvi xvii xix
1 A Location Model with Respect to Environmental Quality Statement of the Theorem Implications of the Model Conclusion Appendix: Proof of the Theorem
1 2 5 9 10
2 A Model of the Urbanization Process: An Application of Elementary Catastrophe Theory The Model An Implication for Environmental Policy Conclusion
18 20 26 30 v
vi
CONTENTS
3 Population Density Gradient and Rent Gradient Difference between the Population Density Gradient and the Rent Gradient An Empirical Test from the Dynamic Viewpoint Perspectives for Future Study Appendix 3. I: Shift of the Land Price Gradient in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Appendix 3.2: Transportation Modal Choice - A Study Using Probit Analysis Appendix 3.3: A Note on the Data
4 Systems of Cities: An Approach to Central Place Theory The Model Implications of the Model Conclusion Appendix: Changing of the Parameter of the- Rank-Size Rule Equation
5 City Size and Environmental Quality Theoretical Framework A Brief Survey of the Problem An Empirical Test of the Relation between Environmental Quality and Public Expenditure Conclusion Appendix 5. I: Data Appendix 5.2: Limit on the Growth of Cities Appendix 5.3: Statistical Unit for Defining a City
6 Environmental Policy and Implementation Environmental Degradation and Social Responses The Validity of Cost-Benefit Analysis Changing Characteristics of the Planning and PolicyImplementation Process Appendix: A Consideration of the Policy-Implementation Process in Japan Statistical Appendix References Indexe
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