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Growth centres in spatial planning

Growth Centres in Spatial Planning examines the role of growth centers in spatial planning in terms of achieving the intended objectives. Intended objectives include improving a region's potential for adopting innovations, a saving in public investment on infrastructure, a more efficient patter...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Moseley, Malcolm J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1974]
Édition:[1st ed.].
Collection:Urban and regional planning series ; v. 9.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Front Cover; Growth Centres in Spatial Planning; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1. Growth-centre Theory and Growth-centre Policy; Growth-pole Theory; The Growth-centre Concept; Growth-centre Policies; Chapter 2. Growth Centres in Practice; Scotland; reland; France; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Urban Centres and the Diffusion of Innovations; ''Innovation'' and ''Diffusion''; T�A� o/ Urban Size in Innovation Diffusion; Some Caveats about Urban Size; Conclusion: Implications for Policy; Chapter 4. Urban Scale and Service; Public Sector Scale Economies
  • T/r^ǫ Threshold AnalysisT�A^ Provision of Personal Services; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Agglomeration Economies and the Stimulation of Growth; Agglomeration Economies; Cumulative Causation, Ratchets and Spurts; Industrial Linkage as an Agglomerative Force; Urban Size and Industrial Growth; Urban Size and Population Growth; Conclusion; Chapter 6. Growth Centres: Their Spatial Impact; Two Relevant Models; Impact via the Labour Market; Industrial Linkage; Personal Expenditure; Innovation Diffusion; Conclusions; Chapter 7. The Generation, Interception and Attraction of Migrants
  • The Generation of MigrationThe Attraction of Migrants; Conclusion; Chapter 8. Conclusion: Implications for Policy and Research; Lessons for Urban Size; Some Policy Guidelines; Some Suggestions for Research; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX