Isard Walter. Location and Space-Economy: A General Theory Relating to Industrial Location, Market Areas, Land Use, Trade, and Urban Structure

The Technology Press of Massachusetts Institute of Technology John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1956. — 350 p.Introduction: Posing the Location and Regional Problem
Some Basic Development Processes
Some Fundamental Questions
Possible Theoretical Approaches
Some General Theories of Location and Space-Economy
The Anglo-Saxon Bias
Some Early Attempts at General Theory
Predohl's Conception
Weigmann's Formulation
Palander's Criticisms and Losch's General System
Ohlin's View of Trade and Location Theory
Closing Remarks
Some Empirical Regularities of the Space-Economy
Transport Inputs and Related Spatial Concepts
General Introductory Remarks
Transport Inputs Contrasted with Capital Inputs
Transport Rate: The Price of a Transport Input
Transport Inputs and the Classification of Factors
The Locational Equilibrium of the Firm: Transport — Orientation
Some Definitional and Classificational Remarks
Transport-oriented Equilibrium under SimpHfied Conditions
Transport-oriented Equilibrium with Realistic Rate Structures
Transport-oriented Equilibrium Further Extended
Appendix to Chapter 5 — Transport Inputs and Some Formulations of
the Transport-orientation Problem
The Locational Equilibrium of the Firm: Labor and Other
Orientation
Introductory Remarks
Labor Orientation
Some Other Forms of Orientation
A Re-examination of the Substitution Framework for Spatial
Analysis
Appendix to Chapter 6 — The Labor Coefficient and a Related Ratio
Market and Supply Area Analysis and Competitive Locational
Equilibrium
Market Area Analysis
Supply (Purchasing) Area Analysis
Some Remarks on Spatial Pricing Systems and Competitive
Locational Equihbrium
Concluding Remarks
Agglomeration Analysis and Agricultural Location Theory
Economies of Scale
Localization Economies
Urbanization Economies
Agricultural Location Theory
Appendix to Chapter 8 — Some Theoretical Notes on Urban Land-use
Some Basic Interrelations of Location and Trade Theory
Prehminary Remarks
A Fusion of Opportunity Cost Doctrine and Transportorientation
The Effects of a Change in the Distance Variable upon Trade, Industrial Location, and Geographic SpeciaHzation
Some Conclusions
Aspects of General Location Theory : A Mathematical Formulation
Weberian Theory Restated and Generalized
Inclusion of Market and Supply Areas as Variables
The Analysis Extended to the Case of Many Producers
Losch Market Area Analysis Encompassed
Agriculture Location Theory Embraced and GeneraUzed
Concluding Remarks
Partial Graphic Synthesis and Summary