Production systems and hierarchies of centres: The relationship between spatial and economic structures

by J. Gunnarsson

Overview

The ideas of this book originate from a research group at the Department of Economics in Gothenburg working with the problem of "Relations between Physical and Economic Planning". The research was financed by grants from the Swedish Council for Building Research. Among all the persons, who from time to time were associated to the project group, the author wishes to express his particular thanks to Ph.D. Rune Jungen, Ph.D.Johan L6nnroth and M.A.Lars Andersson. c' This book is also my doctoral dissertation for which professor Ake E. Andersson has acted as supervisor. It has been a privilege for me to have him as my supervisor. I have benefited a great deal from a professional as well as a personal point of view. There are other members of the Department of Economics to whom I am indebted. Professor Harald Dickson was a close reader of my last drafts. The help I got from Ph.D.Lennart Hjalmarsson and Ph.D.Olle Ohlsson has also been indispensable to me. Ph.D.Barbro Atlestam, M.A.G6sta Olavi and Ph.D.Folke Snickars have assisted with calculations and the solution of mathematical pro- blems. At last the author wishes to thank M. A . Mette Lembring who made the translation from Swedish. Jan Gunnarsson Contents V PREFACE Definition of the problem and results 1. 1.1. Some comments on the structure of systems of centres 1 A brief survey of problems 5 1.2.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789020706888
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	07/31/1977
Series:	Studies in Applied Regional Science , #7
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1. Definition of the problem and results.- 1.1. Some comments on the structure of systems of centres.- 1.2. A brief survey of problems.- 1.3. Summary and main conclusions.- 2. Earlier works on systems of centres.- 2.1. Necessary conditions for hierarchy.- 2.2. Models for vertically integrated industries.- 2.3. Models with input-output coefficients.- 3. Hierarchy of centres in Sweden at the beginning of the 1970s — an empirical test on Swedish data.- 3.1. Background and presentation of the problem.- 3.2. An empirical investigation for Sweden.- Supplement. Component analysis — presentation and use.- 4. An attempt to extend the problem of Tinbergen and Bos — capacities of plants given.- 4.1. Presentation of the problem.- 4.2. Models for testing whether a centre should be split up.- 4.3. A programming model.- 4.4. Some numerical examples.- 4.5. Problems when decision-making is individual and based on price information.- Supplement. Balas’ method for combinatorial solution of integer problems.- 5. The system of centres when capacities of plants are not given — a further extension of the problem.- 5.1. Presentation of the problem.- 5.2. Control and co-ordination costs.- 5.3. A model for quadratic programming.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- Appendix 4.- References.