Linear City Models: Overview and Typology

The article surveys varieties of "linear city" models, the first of which was made by H. Hotelling in 1929. Linear city models typically used for analyzing spatial competition and product differentiation. Our classification for linear city models is based on related types of oligopolistic competition. The article considers particular linear city models, also the using this models as tool for specific studies. Models with different shape of the space is also mentioned. Several stages of the models' development are identified.