JEL code R
Urban, regional and transport
Why do cities and regions grow or decline?
Emerged 1826
Johann Heinrich von Thünen's The Isolated State showed how distance from a market town decides land use and rent, the first serious treatment of spatial economics.
SourceHistory of Economic Thought website: Johann Heinrich von Thünen (opens in a new tab)
An example
Agglomeration: firms and workers are more productive when clustered together, which helps explain the pull of the Randstad.