Transportation Networks and the Optimal Location of Human Activities : A Numerical Geography Approach

By: Isabelle Thomas

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Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Measuring the Shape of the Transportation Network 2. 'Measuring' the Shape of the Transportation Network: State of the Art Part II: Location-Allocation Results and the Shape of the Transportation Network 3. Optimal Locations and Transportation Networks: The Case of Autarky 4. Optimal Locations and Transportation Networks: The Case of a Common Market 5. Optimal Locations of Human Activities and the Permeability of the Border in a Common Market Part III: Location-Allocation Modelling and the Measure of Distance 6. Distance-Predicting Functions and Location-Allocation Results 7. Price Policies, Transportation Networks and Location-Allocation Results 8. Negative Externalities and Location-Allocation Results Part IV: Land-Use Planning and the Shape of the Transportation Network: Two Real-World Examples 9. Optimal Locations of Health Centres in Niger: Rainy Season versus Dry Season Accessibility 10. Optimal Location of Recycling in Belgium: Externalities versus Transportation Costs 11. Conclusion References Index.

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'The book is clearly written and contains an extensive literature review that promises to be a useful guide to readers who intend to apply network structures in their own research. . . The research in this book is original. It hopes to initiate a critical discussion and therefore leaves a lot of questions open.' -- Hans Kremers, The Economic Journal
'The book's special contribution is that it highlights the impact of transport infrastructure on the optimal location patterns . . . well written. It provides new ideas for insiders and at the same time is also accessible for outsiders . . . Isabelle Thomas has written a nice book with a clear focus.' -- Piet Rietveld, Journal of Regional Science
'Economists have rediscovered space through the surge of the so-called "New Economic Geography". However, they often forget the tremendous amount of work developed in economic geography per se. In this book, Isabelle Thomas provides a clear, rigorous and unified treatment of one of the main approaches taken by geographers to study the location of human activities, namely Numerical Geography. Economists, regional scientists and transportation planners have much to learn from this book while geographers should be pleased to see how one of them masters so well such a difficult topic.' -- Jacques Thisse, CORE, Belgium

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List of figures	p. viii
List of tables	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
General context	p. 1
The optimal location problem	p. 5
The transportation network problem	p. 10
A geographical perspective	p. 13
Outline of the book	p. 21
Measuring the Shape of the Transportation Network
'Measuring' the shape of a network: state of the art	p. 27
Some definitions	p. 27
Network indexing in the literature	p. 31
Location-Allocation Results and the Shape of the Transportation Network
Introduction to Part II	p. 39
Optimal locations and transportation networks: the case of autarky	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
Definition of the inputs	p. 45
Results of the simulations	p. 49
Extension to hexagonal lattices	p. 61
Conclusions	p. 73
Optimal locations and transportation networks: the case of a common market	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Model and experiments	p. 78
Impact of the transportation network on locations	p. 82
Concluding remarks and policy implications	p. 92
Optimal locations of human activities and the permeability of the border in a common market	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
How far does the permeability of the border influence location-allocation results in a common market?	p. 107
How far does the existence of an interregional high-speed connection affect location-allocation results in a common market?	p. 119
Concluding remarks and policy implications	p. 135
Location-Allocation Modelling and the Measure of Distance
Introduction to Part III	p. 139
Distance-predicting functions and location-allocation results	p. 143
Introduction	p. 143
Design of the experiment	p. 145
Computational experience	p. 150
Conclusions	p. 169
Price policies, transportation networks and location-allocation results	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Methodology	p. 173
Principles of the computational experiment	p. 181
Experimental results	p. 182
Concluding comments	p. 192
Negative externalities and location-allocation results	p. 193
Introduction	p. 193
Design of the experiment	p. 195
Experimental Results	p. 201
Conclusion	p. 211
Land-Use Planning and the Shape of the Transportation Network. Two Real-World Examples
Introduction to Part IV	p. 215
Optimal locations of health centres in Niger: rainy season versus dry season accessibility	p. 217
Introduction	p. 217
Background and study area	p. 219
Modelling results	p. 224
Conclusion	p. 233
Optimal location of a recycling centre in Belgium: externalities versus transportation costs	p. 235
Introduction	p. 235
The model and its inputs	p. 237
Modelling results	p. 242
Concluding remarks	p. 249
Conclusion	p. 251
Main results and policy recommendations	p. 251
Suggestions for further research	p. 256
References	p. 261
Index	p. 287
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