A spatial equilibrium model for region size, urbanization ratio, and rural structure

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 929-941

  Wang, F ^a   Guldmann, J M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELLING APPROACH; REGION SIZE; RURAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; URBANISATION RATIO;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RESEARCH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORLD;

AGRICULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INDUSTRY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION; WORLD;

AGRICULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030828594     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a290929     Document Type: Article

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