Economic Structural Interrelations of Metropolitan Regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2203892 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Isard, Robert A Kavesh, Robert Kavesh |
| Year | 1954 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 152-162 |
| Publication date | 1954-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/221506 |
| OpenAlex | W2067917146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
A model for analyzing and projecting metropolitan community development by examining basic inter-industrial and interregional relationships is presented. Various economic regions specializing in manufacturing and agriculture are integrated by use of an economic matrix. The serious limitations of the model arising from its abstraction of changes in behavioral patterns from the uncertainties of technological change, and from the inadequacies of the data are examined. As a demonstration, the model is applied to Puerto Rico, a developing area
Abstraction · Agriculture · Economic geography · Economic model · Economics · Geography · Metropolitan area · Regional science · Regional Development and Innovation
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1959 - 1977 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |