Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective

Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective
ISBN-10
3030248429
ISBN-13
9783030248420
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
463
Language
English
Published
2019-09-14
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Luc-Normand Tellier

Description

This book seeks to deepen readers’ understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of urban systems, as well as the urban world, from the perspective of historical analysis. The theoretical framework of the approach stems directly from space-economy, and, more generally, from location theory and the theory of urban systems. The author explores a certain logic to be found in world history, and argues that this logic is spatial (in terms of spatial inertia, spatial trends, attractive and repulsive forces, vector fields, etc.) rather than geographical (in terms of climate, precipitation, hydrography). Accordingly, the book puts forward a truly original vision of urban world history, one that will benefit economists, historians, regional scientists, and anyone with a healthy curiosity.

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