The Geography of Economic Activities
Some Critical Viewpoints on Theory and Application
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4042593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunnar Törnqvist (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153 |
| Publication date | 1977-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/142722 |
| OpenAlex | W2331789234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article examines the diminishing utility of mainstream location theory. Recent societal changes are related to the identification problem of manufacturing activities. Information flows and interdependencies are portrayed in terms of planes of communication. The nature of locational decisions is discussed, normnnative behavioral approaches and actual behavior are contrasted, and multi-dimensional locational problems are considered. So-called location theory, probably more so than any other theoretical area of central interest to geographers, is associated with the output of scholars who are deservedly labelled classical. Johann Heinrich von Thiinen published his theoretical study of the isolated state as far back as 1826, thus laying the foundation for the development of agricultural location theory [26]. Working within the framework of then prevailing economic theory, Alfred Weber presented his fundamental work on industrial location theory in 1909 [27]. At the beginning of the 1930s Walter Christaller published his famous central place theory, a theory which in its original version was mainly a theory of the location of retail trade and services [1]. A great number of other works relating to location theory were printed during the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the authors are today regarded as classical scholars, whose theoretical contributions complement the works already mentioned. In my opinion, the most interesting of these authors from a geographical viewpoint is August Losch, who published his first location theory studies around 1930. His major and best known work was first published more than ten years later
Economic geography · Geography · Regional science · Viewpoints · Business Strategy and Innovation · Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
The geography of corporate production
Industrial Geography
Capital and Industrial Location
Organisational and Technological Change and the Future Role of the Central Business District
Government‐Directed Money Flows and The Discordance Between Production and Consumption in Provincial Economies, 1961–1979
Auto‐production systems in Japan
Changing patterns of central business district office activity in Melbourne
The Location and Growth of Business and Professional Services in American Metropolitan Areas, 1976–1986
Performance Regulation and Industrial Location
Location and Space Economy
The location of economic activity
Models of man, social and rational
Der isolierte Staat in Beziehung auf Landwirtschaft und Nationalökonomie
Office communications and office location
Studier I Industrilokalisering
Spatial Perspectives on Industrial Organization and Decision-Making
How Do Contact Systems Affect Regional Development
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 1991 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |