| Description |
1 online resource (612 pages) |
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RFF Urban and Regional Economics Set |
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RFF Urban and Regional Economics Set
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Metropolis and Region: A Mid-Century Bench Mark; Part I. The Metropolis and Its Functions; Chapter 2. Urban Location and Function; Classical principles of urban location; Economic base and functional specialization; City and region: Preliminary considerations; Chapter 3. The Urban Hierarchy; Alternative approaches; Industry distribution and city size; Urbanization of industry groups; Chapter 4. Metropolitanism and Metropolitan Areas; Criteria of metropolitanism; Metropolitan community areas |
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Chapter 5. Major Economic FunctionsBank loans; Commerce and manufacturing; Chapter 6. Interregional Flow of Funds; Data and models; Results; Examples; Part II. Metropolitan Dominance: Hinterland Activities; Chapter 7. Manufacturing Outside Metropolitan Areas; Manufacturing: Major patterns; Manufacturing: Detailed analysis; Chapter 8. Extractive Activities in Nonmetropolitan Areas; Coal mining; Agriculture: Major patterns; Agriculture: Detailed analysis; Part III. Industry Structure and Regional Relationships; Chapter 9. Industry Structure: Overview; Industry categories |
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Variation in industry structureChapter 10. Industry Profiles and Regional Relationships; Outline of procedures; Illustrative analysis for Milwaukee; Inputs and supply areas for Milwaukee's profile industries; Outputs and service areas of Milwaukee's profile industries; Summary for Milwaukee; Chapter 11. Regional Relationships and Metropolitan Functions; Varieties of regional relationships; An approach to classification; Part IV. Fifty Major Cities and Their Regional Relationships; Chapter 12. Metropolitan Centers; Diversified manufacturing with metropolitan functions; Boston; Pittsburgh |
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St. LouisCleveland; Buffalo; Cincinnati; Regional metropolises; San Francisco -- Oakland; Minneapolis -- St. Paul; Kansas City; Seattle; Portland (Oregon); Atlanta; Dallas; Denver; Chapter 13. Regional Capitals; Houston; New Orleans; Louisville; Birmingham; Indianapolis; Columbus; Memphis; Omaha; Fort Worth; Richmond; Oklahoma City; Nashville; Jacksonville; Chapter 14. Manufacturing Centers; Diversified manufacturing with few metropolitan functions; Baltimore; Milwaukee; Albany-Schnectady-Troy; Toledo; Hartford; Syracuse; Specialized manufacturing; Providence; Youngstown; Rochester; Dayton |
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Allentown-Bethlehem-EastonAkron; Springfield-Holyoke; Wheeling-Steubenville; Charleston (W. Va.); Chapter 15. Special Cases; Washington; San Diego; San Antonio; Miami; Norfolk-Portsmouth; Wilkes-Barre -- Hazleton; Tampa-St. Petersburg; Knoxville; Phoenix; Appendix: Sources and Adjustment of Data; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- United States
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Metropolitan areas -- United States.
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Cities and towns
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Metropolitan areas
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scott, William Richard
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Lieberson, Stanley
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Duncan, Beverly Davis
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Winsborough, Hal H
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| ISBN |
9781134001422 |
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1134001428 |
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