Agglomeration Diseconomies Research Articles

Communication among firms, traffic congestion and office agglomeration

In this paper, we propose a model of office location which deals explicitly with the role of face-to-face contacts among firms. In the model, the frequency of contacts with other firms are endogenously determined. The trade-off between communication activity and routine work is described by introducing a time constraint on working hours. Through numerical simulations, the properties of office location are demonstrated. First, the impacts of changes in model parameters on the spatial distribution of office firms are analyzed. Second, by taking account of traffic congestion on the road network as an agglomeration diseconomy, various patterns of office distribution are described.

New York and Pittsburgh: Contrasts in Community

This essay develops the theme of Chinitz's 1961 paper. To understand cities, Chinitz argued, urban economists must pay attention to the supply side, especially to economies and diseconomies of agglomeration, which result from the interaction of density, scale and heterogeneity. This paper, in contrast to Chinitz, emphasises the diseconomies, which become predominant as urban scale increases and account for many of the deep-seated social problems with which urban economics is concerned. The failure of urban models to incorporate agglomeration seriously limits their usefulness and is partially accountable for the decline of interest in urban economics. Throughout, recent histories of New York and Pittsburgh are used, as in Chinitz's paper, to illustrate the argument.

How Large Is Too Large? Implications of the City Size Literature for Population Policy and Research

Previous articleNext article No AccessHow Large Is Too Large? Implications of the City Size Literature for Population Policy and ResearchMark R. MontgomeryMark R. Montgomery Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 36, Number 4Jul., 1988 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/451693 Views: 3Total views on this site Citations: 13Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1988 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Yuting Hou Agglomeration spillover, accessibility by high-speed rail, and urban innovation in China: A focus on the electronic information industry, Habitat International 126 (Aug 2022): 102618.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102618Houkai Wei Spatial Expansion Effect of Urbanization in China, (Jul 2018): 161–184.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1408-7_7Charles Goldblum, Tai-Chee Wong Extended Metropolitan Development in Southeast Asia: From Primate Cities to Territorial Urban Diffusion, (May 2018): 359–383.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7799-9_16Hongjian Su, Houkai Wei, Jian Zhao Density effect and optimum density of the urban population in China, Urban Studies 54, no.77 (Jan 2016): 1760–1777.https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098015624839Yasser Mattar Post-industrialism and Silicon Valley as models of industrial governance in Australian public policy, Telematics and Informatics 25, no.44 (Nov 2008): 246–261.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2007.04.001Gavin W. Jones Southeast Asian urbanization and the growth of mega-urban regions, Journal of Population Research 19, no.22 (Sep 2002): 119–136.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03031973Xiao-Ping Zheng Measuring Optimal Population Distribution by Agglomeration Economies and Diseconomies: A Case Study of Tokyo, Urban Studies 35, no.11 (Jan 1998): 95–112.https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098985096Sanjoy Chakravorty Urban Inequality Revisited, Urban Affairs Review 31, no.66 (Aug 2016): 759–777.https://doi.org/10.1177/107808749603100604Sanjoy Chakravorty PATTERNS OF URBANIZATION, URBAN CONCENTRATION, AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT, Urban Geography 16, no.77 (May 2013): 622–642.https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.16.7.622Harry W. Richardson Economies and Diseconomies of Agglomeration, (Jan 1995): 123–155.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79397-4_6Yehua Wei Urban policy, economic policy, and the growth of large cities in China, Habitat International 18, no.44 (Jan 1994): 53–65.https://doi.org/10.1016/0197-3975(94)90017-5Vibhooti Shukla, Kirit Parikh THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN GROWTH: CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AIR POLLUTION, AND CITY SIZE, Urban Geography 13, no.55 (May 2013): 422–449.https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.13.5.422Gavin W Jones Urbanization Issues in the Asian-Pacific Region, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 5, no.22 (Sep 1991): 5–33.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8411.1991.tb00047.x

Efficient growth of an agglomerating regional economy

The focus of this study is on the efficient investment policy to be pursued by a regional or local economy, respectively. Localness will be expressed in terms of varying returns to scale which are due to economies and diseconomies of agglomeration. This particular setting of regional growth enters into a neoclassical calculus of variations model of intertemporal capital stock maximization. The general properties significant of efficient growth strategies relate to the turnpike discussion. A unique set of maximum balanced expansion paths will be proved to serve as the only guideline for efficient investment in the long run.

Structural adjustment in a stagnating economy: Regional manufacturing employment in Sweden, 1975–1980

Hakanson L. and Danielsson L. (1985) Structural adjustment in a stagnating economy: regional manufacturing employment in Sweden, 1975–1980, Reg. Studies 19, 329–342. Shift/share analysis of Swedish manufacturing employment reveals a continuing geographical decentralization away from the traditional industrial centres towards the periphery, and from the cores of the three metropolitan areas towards their fringes. Regression analyses are used to analyse the influence of four sets of forces: (1) agglomeration diseconomies; (2) labour market characteristics; (3) large multi-plant firms; and (4) regional policy. The results suggest the observed deconcentration to be primarily a response to agglomeration diseconomies, and that labour characteristics have been a primary attraction in the periphery but that these tendencies are modified in municipalities constituting the headquarter corporate core of a dominating employer. Regional subsidies appear to have been an attraction particularly in the so called ‘Outer A...

Regional development co‐operation in the SATBVC context and the Ciskei tax reform issue

Despite interpretations of perceived agglomeration diseconomies in metropolitan areas, South African regional development policy remains firmly based on the pursuit of a political ideology in the form of separate development. Initial attempts at decentralisation through incentives and concessions failed to achieve any significant restructuring of the South African space economy and led to a “new” regional development strategy for Southern Africa contained in the Good Hope Plan. This has created a necessity for a complex and integrated system of “multilateral co‐operation” designed to establish consensus amongst the SATBVC states. Fundamental to such co‐operation are the principles of participant autonomy, co‐operative rather than prescriptive action, promotion of private initiative and a rationalisation of industrial development by eliminating competing structures. The implementation of Ciskeian tax reform initiatives tends to indicate shortcomings in the multilateral co‐operation forum, and to raise ques...