@article{1385929,
      recid = {1385929},
      author = {Fujita, Masahisa. and Krugman, Paul R. and Venables,  Anthony J.},
      title = {The spatial economy : cities, regions, and international  trade /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. ;},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages) :},
      year = {2001},
      note = {Originally published: 1999.},
      abstract = {The authors show how a common approach that emphasizes the  three-way interaction among increasing returns,  transportation costs, and the movement of productive  factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban,  regional, and international economics.Since 1990 there has  been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the  spatial aspects of the economy--that is, where economic  activity occurs and why. Using new tools--in particular,  modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial  organization, international trade, and economic  growth--this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of  the most exciting areas of contemporary economics.The  authors show how seemingly disparate models reflect a few  basic themes, and in so doing they develop a common  "grammar" for discussing a variety of issues. They show how  a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction  among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the  movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide  range of issues in urban, regional, and international  economics. This book is the first to provide a sound and  unified explanation of the existence of large economic  agglomerations at various spatial scales.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1385929},
}