Chapter 63. Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities in North America

In this chapter we discuss the data sources and methods available for studying the spatial distribution of economic activity in North America. We document facts about the specialization of states and regions, as well as locations differentiated by their degree of urbanization. We also report characteristics of the industries in which locations specialize. For example, establishment size and materials intensity are shown to vary in systematic ways with regional specialization. With these facts as a backdrop, we begin to consider the question, Why do locations specialize as they do?

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Holmes, Thomas J. ; Stevens, John J.
Published in:	Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 4, Cities and geography. - Amsterdam : Elsevier North Holland, ISBN 978-0-08-049512-5. - 2004, p. 2797-2843
Subject:	geographic concentration \| spatial distribution \| regional specialization \| establishment size \| Räumliche Verteilung \| Spatial distribution \| Regionales Cluster \| Regional cluster \| Räumliche Arbeitsteilung \| Regional specialization \| Agglomerationseffekt \| Agglomeration effect \| Regionalökonomik \| Regional economics \| Nordamerika \| North America \| Betriebsgröße \| Firm size \| Neue ökonomische Geographie \| New economic geography

Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/S1574-0080(04)80020-8 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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