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Toward an Understanding of the Metropolis: II. The Assignment of Activities to Areas in Urban Regions

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Where do things "belong" in an urban area? 404. — Inadequacy of current analysis, 404. — Study of location trends in New York as a method of attacking the problem, 406. — Summary of trends in location of manufacturing and other economic activities, 407. — Complications caused by fluctuations in prosperity of groups studied, 414. — Advantages of discussing problem in terms of functions, 417. — Cohesion of functions, 417. — The problem of rating the functions, 419. — Accessibility and the costs of friction, 420. — Layout determined by the minimizing of the costs of friction; an hypothesis, 422, — The hypothesis explained and tested, 423. — Distorting and retarding factors, 429. — Primary and ancillary activities, 430. — The economic basis of zoning, 431.

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  • Robert Murray Haig, 1926. "Toward an Understanding of the Metropolis: II. The Assignment of Activities to Areas in Urban Regions," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 40(3), pages 402-434.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:40:y:1926:i:3:p:402-434.
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    1. A.S. Steyn & H.S. Geyer, 2011. "Urban Form Revisited: An Account of Views on the Issues," Chapters, in: H. S. Geyer (ed.), International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 3, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Robert BICHSEL, 1999. "A Silver Rule for Financing Local Transport Facilities," Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie 9902, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie.
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    6. David C. Maré & Andrew Coleman, 2011. "Patterns of business location in Auckland," Working Papers 11_08, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
    7. Leszek Kwiecinski & Patrycja Matusz-Protasiewicz, 2017. "The Ethnic Entrepreneurship as a Multidimensional Process in the Context of System Approach," Problemy Zarzadzania, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 15(65), pages 97-109.
    8. Stephens, David, 1971. "Land Values and Land Use Within an Urban Environment: A Review of Theory and Empiricl Findings," Staff Papers 237388, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    9. M.T. Daly & M.J. Webber, 1973. "The Growth of the Firm within the City," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 10(3), pages 303-317, October.

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