TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial interdependence in a metropolitan setting
AU - Hewings, Geoffrey J.D.
AU - Parr, John B.
N1 - Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Regional Economic Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801-3679, USA. Email: [email protected]. John B. Parr (to whom correspondence should be sent), Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Email: [email protected]. The support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through a grant to Chicago United is gratefully appreciated. Thanks are also due to the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland for enabling the background research to be undertaken. The authors wish to thank the anonymous referees for their comments. The programming assistance of Chokri Dridi and Guo Dong was instrumental in completing the analysis.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Consideration is given to the spatial structure of the metropolitan area, and to the tendency for this to be generalized in terms of the stark dichotomy of city and suburbs. Focusing on a four-zone metropolitan area, a model of spatial interaction is outlined, the components of which are based on intersectoral trade, labour mobility, and consumption-expenditure patterns. These components are drawn together as layers in an organized sequence of processes. The linked components are shown to give rise to intricate patterns of spatial interdependence. These have the effect of blurring the city-suburbs distinction, and are fundamentally different from comparable patterns at other spatial scales.
AB - Consideration is given to the spatial structure of the metropolitan area, and to the tendency for this to be generalized in terms of the stark dichotomy of city and suburbs. Focusing on a four-zone metropolitan area, a model of spatial interaction is outlined, the components of which are based on intersectoral trade, labour mobility, and consumption-expenditure patterns. These components are drawn together as layers in an organized sequence of processes. The linked components are shown to give rise to intricate patterns of spatial interdependence. These have the effect of blurring the city-suburbs distinction, and are fundamentally different from comparable patterns at other spatial scales.
KW - Commuting
KW - Consumption
KW - Metropolitan area
KW - Trade
KW - Zonal structure
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U2 - 10.1080/17421770701232467
DO - 10.1080/17421770701232467
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547569043
SN - 1742-1772
VL - 2
SP - 7
EP - 22
JO - Spatial Economic Analysis
JF - Spatial Economic Analysis
IS - 1
ER -