Evolving Geographical Structures: Mathematical Models and Theories for Space- Time Processes

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-11
Attraction-Regulated Dynamic Equilibrium Models of Migration of the Multiplicative Type....Pages 12-23
A Non-Linear Dynamic Model for the Migration of Human Populations....Pages 24-61
An Optimal Control Representation of a Stochastic Multistage-Multiactor Choice Process....Pages 62-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-74
Technological Change, Policy Response and Spatial Dynamics....Pages 75-98
Competition and environment: A Theory of Temporal Innovation Diffusion....Pages 99-129
The Dynamics of Communication....Pages 130-167
Front Matter....Pages 168-169
Empirical Evidence of Volterra-Lotka Dynamics in United States Metropolitan Areas: 1940–1977....Pages 170-195
Phasing-Out of the Sugar Industry in Puerto Rico....Pages 196-228
The Spatial Econometrics of the European Fleur-Model....Pages 229-246
A Simulation Model of Regional Demoeconomic Development in North Rhine-Westphalia: Theory, Structure, and Calibration....Pages 247-275
Front Matter....Pages 276-277
Inefficiency and Instability of Trade Patterns....Pages 278-292
Pasinetti, Marx and Urban Accumulation Dynamics....Pages 293-322
Spatial Structure and Spatial-Temporal Processes....Pages 323-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-348
The Effects of Job Search and Competition on Unemployment and Vacancies in Regional Labor Markets....Pages 349-371
Structures for Research on the Dynamics of Residential Mobility....Pages 372-397
Front Matter....Pages 398-399
Dynamic Models of Spatial Variation in Local Government Expenditures....Pages 400-412
Jurisdiction Size and Public Good Supply in the Presence of Reciprocal Spillovers: Static Analysis and an Introduction to Optimal Control of the Dynamics....Pages 413-467
Epilogue....Pages 468-469
Back Matter....Pages 470-477