TY - BOOK AU - AU - AU - TI - The spatial economy: cities, regions and international trade. SN - 9780262561471 AV - HF1025.F97 U1 - 330 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - MIT Press KW - Space in economics KW - Regional economics KW - Economic geography KW - International trade KW - Urban economics N1 - Includes index; Contents: Introduction --Urban economics -- Regional science -- The Dixit-Stiglitz model of monopolistic competition -- Core and periphery -- Many regions and continuous space -- Agricultural transport costs -- Spatial models of urban systems -- the monocentric economy -- The emergence of new cities -- Evolution of hierarchical urban system -- An empirical digression -- Ports, transport hubs, and city location -- International specialization -- Economic development and the spread of industry -- Industrial clustering -- The seamless world -- External trade and internal geography -- The way forward -- ER -