Vanishing cities: What does the new economic geography imply about the efficiency of urbanization?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-199

  Anas, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; City sizes; Growth; Trade

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GROWTH; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 1842681567     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/4.2.181     Document Type: Article

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