The situation, development lines and perspectives of small and medium-sized towns in Germany and France are compared and similarities and differences within the central place systems and the spatial planning of both countries are discussed. With different approaches to definition, these towns...

Empirical evidence has been lacking to explain trade agglomerations over short distances. Starting with a novel micro-database of road freight shipments within Spain for the period 2003-2007, we break down city (municipal) trade flows into the extensive and intensive margins and assess trade...

We propose and apply a new theory-consistent algorithm, which uses disaggregated inter-city trade data to identify a pyramidic city system with central places and associated hinterlands. Because central places possess more industries than the cities in their hinterlands, and because industries,...

We propose and apply a new theory-consistent algorithm, which uses disaggregated inter-city trade data to identify a pyramidic city system with central places and associated hinterlands. Because central places possess more industries than the cities in their hinterlands, and because industries,...

Das Ziel des Beitrags besteht darin, generelle Empfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung des ZOK aufzuzeigen. Zunächst wird auf die nach Auffassung der Verfasser gebotene raumstrukturelle Differenzierung hinsichtlich der Ausformung von Zentrale-Orte-Konzepten eingegangen. Zudem wird auf die Rolle bzw....

Das Ziel des Beitrags besteht darin, generelle Empfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung des ZOK aufzuzeigen. Zunächst wird auf die nach Auffassung der Verfasser gebotene raumstrukturelle Differenzierung hinsichtlich der Ausformung von Zentrale-Orte-Konzepten eingegangen. Zudem wird auf die Rolle bzw....

This paper explores the role of retailers as an urban amenity. Using data for Swedish rural and city municipalities for 2002-2008, "accessibility to shops" measures are constructed for the shops in the municipalities and in the hosting regions separately to examine the relationship between...

Die Sicherstellung einer flächendeckenden, wohnortnahen und bedarfsgerechten Versorgung ist ein zentrales Anliegen der deutschen Gesundheitspolitik. Anke Schliwen untersucht den regionalen Zusammenhang von Versorgungsbedarf, Angebot und Inanspruchnahme hausärztlicher Leistungen. Dabei wird der...

The conception of fuzzy central places (FCP), proposed by P. Em, made possible the understanding of the central functions' (CF) heterogenic distribution inside the urban agglomerations. The FCP is a bounded region of a set of points with CF. The correlation analysis proved a strong relation...

This paper investigates the determinants of the productivity of independent retail stores in Sweden by focusing on the impact of market size and regional hierarchy while controlling for several store and employee characteristics over time. The analysis utilizes Swedish store-level data for the...

This paper examines whether population shrinkage leads to changes in the urban hierarchy in terms of relative sizes of cities and their functions onomic geography. We work backwards in a racetrack economy with eight cities in a long-run equilibrium. Initial distribution of population is chosen...

The optimization of the location of public services in the villages and neighborhoods in the city of Huambo in Angola results in a hierarchical system of central places that can be calibrated to give different hierarchies according to the accessibility level. This result is achieved for 300...

When a manufacturing firm projects to construct a factory, the firm searches a factory's location in large geographical area. The manufacturer does not determine immediately the factory's location site since the manufacturer could not have enough information of economic situation of possible...