Economic Explanations of Spatial Variation in Distance Deterrence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7761165
AutoresI R Gordon (Urban and Regional Studies Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, England), Richard L Gordon (0000-0002-2170-8193, University of Kent, autor correspondente)
Ano1985
Volume17
Fascículo1
Páginas59-72
Data de publicação1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1068/a170059
OpenAlexW1982423815
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas17

Recent studies have provided evidence that distance-deterrence parameters may vary between areas even in doubly constrained spatial interaction models. In particular, it has been suggested that distance effects may be stronger for less accessible origins or destinations. This paper considers possible explanations for such variation. It is argued that explanations in terms of ‘map pattern’ alone are inadequate and that more substantive explanations are required in relation to the economic assumptions of the standard spatial interaction model. Four potentially variable parameters in this model are distinguished and three specific hypotheses to account for the observed pattern are outlined. These involve a real income effect, scale economies in transport costs, and the spatial concentration of specialised functions

Cartography · Destinations · Deterrence theory · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economics · Geographical distance · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Spatial ecology · Computer Science · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Global trade and economics · Mathematics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Ecology