Space - Structure - Economy: A Tribute to August Lösch

Ulrich Blum; Rolf H. Funck; Jan S. Kowalski; Antoni Kuklinski; Werner Rothengatter; Guido von Thadden

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Space - Structure - Economy: A Tribute to August Lösch

Edited to mark the centenary of August Lösch's birthday, October 15, 2006

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Series:: Karlsruher Beiträge zur wirtschaftspolitischen Forschung - Karlsruhe Papers in Economic Policy Research, Volume 24
Publisher:: 2007

Summary

August Lösch (1906-1945) is one of the classics of spatial economic theory. His most important work, “The Spatial Order of the Economy“ (Jena 1940), translated into English in 1954 under the - slightly misleading - title “The Economics of Location“, became internationally recognized as an important base for regional science. In order to mark the centenary of his birthday, nearly thirty international authors have contributed to this volume.

The authors review Lösch"s role as creator of the general theory of socio-economic development in space from different perspectives. Also, several of his contributions to other fields of economic research are critically evaluated. Various extensions of Lösch"s concept of hexagonal market areas are presented, and new research results considered, e. g. the relevance of different types of economic flows and flow routes for achieving a stable system of spatial structure. Other authors review Lösch"s theoretical approach from the perspective of the New Economic Geography, or discuss the effects of “catastrophic” dynamic forces, as induced, e.g., by innovation.

The final part of the book conveys a more personal view on August Lösch, in particular of his moral strength during the Third Reich, and on his relationship to the city of Heidenheim an der Brenz in South Western Germany, his home town.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2007
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-2468-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-0183-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Karlsruher Beiträge zur wirtschaftspolitischen Forschung - Karlsruhe Papers in Economic Policy Research
Volume: 24
Language: English
Pages: 416
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 12
FOREWORD No access Pages 13 - 20 Rolf H. Funck, Jan S. Kowalski
1. August Lösch as a Child of his Time No access Pages 21 - 35 Peter Gould
2. Lösch Revisited No access Pages 35 - 47 Stanislaw M. Komorowski
3. Market Forces versus Authority – Comparing the Concepts of Lösch and Christaller No access Pages 47 - 59 Dieter Bökemann
4. August Lösch’s Classic “The Spatial Order of the Economy” No access Pages 59 - 69 Martin J. Beckmann
5. August Lösch and the Concept of Region No access Pages 69 - 81 Rolf H. Funck
6. Lösch’s Message – in a World Economics Perspective No access Pages 81 - 99 Herbert Giersch
7. Farms and Firms: From a Löschian to a Virtual Landscape No access Pages 99 - 127 Eveline S. van Leeuwen, Peter Nijkamp, M. Teresa de Noronha Vaz
8. August Lösch's Ideas in Russia: The Past and the Future No access Pages 127 - 145 Alexander Granberg
9. August Lösch on Population Waves No access Pages 145 - 151 Bernhard Felderer
10. August Lösch: A Famous, but Ignored Economist No access Pages 151 - 160 Claude Ponsard
1. Economic Flows in a Löschian Urban System No access Pages 161 - 179 John B. Parr
2. From Lösch to Continuous Flow Models No access Pages 179 - 187 Martin J. Beckmann
3. The Stability of Hexagonal Tessellations No access Pages 187 - 211 Tönu Puu, Wolfgang Weidlich
4. Lösch and Economic Geography after 1990 No access Pages 211 - 229 Johannes Bröcker
5. Central Place Theory after Christaller and Lösch: Some Further Explorations No access Pages 229 - 287 Michael Sonis
6. Technical Progress and the Implicit Dynamics of Löschian Spatial Demand No access Pages 287 - 309 David F. Batten
7. Löschian Law of the N-n Relationship: Re-visited and Re-examined No access Pages 309 - 335 Tatsuhiko Kawashima, Yumiko Nishikawa
8. Differentiation and Fluctuation in the Economies of Regions – A Supplement to the Discussion on the Theory of Lösch – No access Pages 335 - 353 Ryszard Domański
9. The Impact of Location and Centrality on Regional Income – The Concept of Input Potentials and Regional Production after 20 Years – No access Pages 353 - 365 Ulrich Blum
10. Nonprofits in a Löschian Landscape No access Pages 365 - 376 Thomas Reiner, Mark Wilson
1. August Lösch: The Record of a Friendship No access Pages 377 - 391 Wolfgang F. Stolper
2. August Lösch – the Prominent Classic of Regional Studies No access Pages 391 - 401 Antoni Kuklinski
3. Three Decades of August Lösch Days in Heidenheim No access Pages 401 - 407 Roland Riegger
4. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 407 - 412 Rolf H. Funck
List of Authors and Editors No access Pages 413 - 416