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Where Do Centers Come From?

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  • M H Krieger

    (School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0042, USA)

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A ‘center’ is a marked place in space or time or in a collection of objects, and surrounding it is a structure or pattern that supports it. The questions that concern us here are: ‘Why are there centers at all?’ ‘Why is a center at a particular X ?’ Historical and combinatorial processes of centralization are reviewed, and a phenomenology and mechanisms are provided. Models considered include: stochastic markets with increasing returns to scale, codes as in DNA, combinatoric processes as in statistical mechanics, and differentiation in biology. Polycenters.

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  • M H Krieger, 1987. "Where Do Centers Come From?," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 19(9), pages 1251-1260, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:19:y:1987:i:9:p:1251-1260
    DOI: 10.1068/a191251
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