TY - BOOK ID - 142833777 TI - Economic Geography and the Unequal Development of Regions AU - Prager, J.-C. AU - Thisse, Jacques-François PY - 2012 SN - 1280873884 1280661941 113630410X 0203118588 0203117522 9786613715197 0415498155 9786613638878 113631055X PB - Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, DB - UniCat KW - Forests and forestry KW - Forest policy KW - Deforestation. KW - Economic aspects. KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Economic development. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142833777 AB - Behind the mystery of economic growth stands another mystery: why do some places fare better than others? Casual evidence shows that sizable differences exist at very different spatial scales (countries, regions and cities). This book aims to discuss the main economic reasons for the existence of peaks and troughs in the spatial distribution of wealth and people, with a special emphasis on the role of large cities and regional agglomerations in the process of economic development. ER -