Classical Readings

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Readings: Location Theories

Industrial Location: Launhardt/Weber

Alfred Weber Revisited
- *Martin Beckmann, Location Theory, pp.10-20
- Alfred Weber, Theories of the Location of Industries, Mathematical Appendix.
Isodapanes and Substitution
- Alfred Weber, Theories of the Location of Industries, Ch.5 ("Agglomeration")
- *Leon Moses, "Location and the Theory of Production," Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol.72, 1958, pp.259-72.
Location, Substitution and Pollution

Agricultural/Urban Land Use: Thunen/Alonso

Johann Heinrich von Thunen - Revisited
Bid Price Curves (and Spatial Allocation of Urban Land Uses)
Externalities and Land Use: City versus Suburbs
- Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics, ch.XI (Marginal Costs)
- Henry George, Progress and Poverty, Introduction & Book IV/Ch.2
- Pollina, "The Suburbanization of Corporate America," Industrial Development, April 1989

Central Places & Market Areas: Christaller/Lösch

General Survey(s)

Spatial Elasticities and Demand Curves
- "Central Places Theory", Encyclopedia for the Social Sciences
- *Parr and Denike, "Theoretical Problems in Central Place Theory," Economic Geography, July 1970.
Spatial Competition and Discrimination

* "particularly strongly recommended readings"

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