Economic Geography

  1. Theoretical Foundations and Models
    1. Classical Location Theories
      1. Von Thünen's Agricultural Location Model
        1. The Isolated State Concept
          1. Bid-Rent Theory
            1. Land Rent Calculations
              1. Distance-Decay Effects
              2. Agricultural Land Use Rings
                1. Intensive Market Gardening
                  1. Forest and Fuel Production
                    1. Grain Production
                      1. Ranching and Livestock
                      2. Model Assumptions
                        1. Uniform Physical Environment
                          1. Single Central Market
                            1. Rational Economic Actors
                            2. Model Limitations
                              1. Transportation Network Simplification
                                1. Market Structure Assumptions
                                2. Modern Applications
                                  1. Urban Land Use Analysis
                                    1. Agricultural Zoning
                                  2. Weber's Industrial Location Theory
                                    1. Locational Triangle Framework
                                      1. Material Index Calculations
                                        1. Weight-Losing Industries
                                          1. Weight-Gaining Industries
                                            1. Ubiquitous Materials
                                            2. Location Factors
                                              1. Transportation Costs
                                                1. Distance Minimization
                                                2. Labor Costs
                                                  1. Wage Differentials
                                                    1. Labor Availability
                                                    2. Agglomeration Economies
                                                      1. Localization Benefits
                                                        1. Urbanization Benefits
                                                      2. Isodapanes and Isotims
                                                        1. Critical Isodapanes
                                                          1. Model Critiques and Extensions
                                                          2. Christaller's Central Place Theory
                                                            1. Basic Concepts
                                                              1. Central Places
                                                                1. Central Functions
                                                                  1. Complementary Regions
                                                                  2. Threshold and Range Principles
                                                                    1. Population Threshold
                                                                      1. Range of Good or Service
                                                                        1. Market Area Determination
                                                                        2. Settlement Hierarchy
                                                                          1. Hamlet Level
                                                                            1. Village Level
                                                                              1. Town Level
                                                                                1. City Level
                                                                                2. Hexagonal Market Areas
                                                                                  1. K=3 Marketing Principle
                                                                                    1. K=4 Transportation Principle
                                                                                      1. K=7 Administrative Principle
                                                                                      2. Model Applications
                                                                                        1. Retail Location Planning
                                                                                          1. Service Delivery Systems
                                                                                          2. Model Limitations
                                                                                            1. Uniform Plain Assumption
                                                                                              1. Perfect Competition Assumption
                                                                                            2. Lösch's Economic Landscape Model
                                                                                              1. Market Areas and Demand Cones
                                                                                                1. Profit Maximization Approach
                                                                                                  1. Spatial Competition Effects
                                                                                                    1. Economic Landscape Formation
                                                                                                      1. Comparison with Christaller's Model
                                                                                                    2. Behavioral and Institutional Approaches
                                                                                                      1. Behavioral Location Theory
                                                                                                        1. Bounded Rationality Concept
                                                                                                          1. Satisficing Behavior
                                                                                                            1. Cognitive Distance
                                                                                                              1. Mental Maps and Spatial Perception
                                                                                                                1. Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
                                                                                                                2. Institutional Economic Geography
                                                                                                                  1. Role of Institutions
                                                                                                                    1. Formal Institutions
                                                                                                                      1. Informal Institutions
                                                                                                                      2. Property Rights Systems
                                                                                                                        1. Governance Structures
                                                                                                                          1. Institutional Change Processes
                                                                                                                          2. Evolutionary Economic Geography
                                                                                                                            1. Path Dependence
                                                                                                                              1. Lock-in Effects
                                                                                                                                1. Regional Innovation Systems
                                                                                                                                  1. Knowledge Spillovers
                                                                                                                                    1. Cluster Life Cycles
                                                                                                                                  2. Critical and Heterodox Approaches
                                                                                                                                    1. Marxist Economic Geography
                                                                                                                                      1. Capital Accumulation Theory
                                                                                                                                        1. Spatial Fix Concept
                                                                                                                                          1. Uneven Development Theory
                                                                                                                                            1. Class Relations and Space
                                                                                                                                            2. Feminist Economic Geography
                                                                                                                                              1. Gender and Economic Space
                                                                                                                                                1. Care Economy
                                                                                                                                                  1. Work-Life Balance
                                                                                                                                                    1. Gendered Labor Markets
                                                                                                                                                    2. Post-Colonial Economic Geography
                                                                                                                                                      1. Colonial Legacies
                                                                                                                                                        1. Development Discourse
                                                                                                                                                          1. Alternative Development Models
                                                                                                                                                        2. New Economic Geography
                                                                                                                                                          1. Core-Periphery Models
                                                                                                                                                            1. Krugman's Core-Periphery Model
                                                                                                                                                              1. Agglomeration Forces
                                                                                                                                                                1. Dispersion Forces
                                                                                                                                                                2. Increasing Returns to Scale
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Cumulative Causation Processes
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Transportation Cost Effects
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Market Size Effects
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Factor Mobility

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