IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/envira/v13y1981i7p819-827.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Fast and Slow Equations: The Development Patterns of Urban Settings

Author

Listed:
  • D S Dendrinos

    (Graduate Program in Urban Planning, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA)

  • H Mullally

    (Department of Economics, University of Missouri, St Louis, Missouri 63121, USA)

Abstract

The qualitative dynamics of city size is considered, and for this purpose the topics of slow and fast variables, equations, and equilibria are introduced, all within the framework of the theory of structural stability. The nature of urban development is discussed in general terms, and two specific models of city-size behavior are examined. In both models the key variables are the social costs associated with development and the degree of comparative advantage. The dynamic behavior of each type is derived, and an interpretation of their qualitative features is suggested. Finally, further extensions of this work and new directions for research are indicated.

Suggested Citation

  • D S Dendrinos & H Mullally, 1981. "Fast and Slow Equations: The Development Patterns of Urban Settings," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 13(7), pages 819-827, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:13:y:1981:i:7:p:819-827
    DOI: 10.1068/a130819
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a130819
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1068/a130819?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Edwin S. Mills & James MacKinnon, 1973. "Notes on the New Urban Economics," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 4(2), pages 593-601, Autumn.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Raouf Boucekkine & Giorgio Fabbri & Salvatore Federico & Fausto Gozzi, 2019. "Growth and agglomeration in the heterogeneous space: a generalized AK approach," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(6), pages 1287-1318.
    2. Jerome M. Ochitwa, 1984. "Applicability and Efficiency in a Land Use Plan Design Model: An Input-Output Linear Programming Approach," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 21(2), pages 149-154, May.
    3. J G U Adams & T O'Riordan & R Hudson & M Ball & M Boddy & C A Maher & H W Richardson & B J L Berry & J M Batty & S M Macgill, 1981. "Reviews: Great Planning Disasters, Banking on the Biosphere?, North East England: The Region's Development, 1760–1960, the Urban Land Nexus and the State, the Property Boom: The Effects of Building ," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 13(11), pages 1451-1466, November.
    4. Agustin Rodriguez-Bachiller, 1986. "Discontiguous Urban Growth and the New Urban Economics: A Review," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 23(2), pages 79-104, April.
    5. Kenneth Button, 1998. "Where did the ?new urban economics? go?," ERSA conference papers ersa98p358, European Regional Science Association.
    6. Darla K Munroe, 2007. "Exploring the Determinants of Spatial Pattern in Residential Land Markets: Amenities and Disamenities in Charlotte, NC, USA," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 34(2), pages 336-354, April.
    7. M J Beckmann & T F Golob & Y Zahavi, 1983. "Travel Probability Fields and Urban Spatial Structure: 1. Theory," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 15(5), pages 593-606, May.
    8. Bryan Ellickson, 1981. "Indivisibility, Housing and Public Goods," UCLA Economics Working Papers 205, UCLA Department of Economics.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:13:y:1981:i:7:p:819-827. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.