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Feeding the Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A New Economic Geography Approach

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  • Stéphane de Cara

  • Anne Fournier

    (EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Carl Gaigné

Abstract

In this paper, we argue ’buying local’ does not necessarily reduces transport-related greenhouse gas emissions even if transport and production technologies, as well as natural endowment are homogeneous in space. We develop a model of rural-urban systems where the spatial distribution of food production within and between regions is endogenously determined. We exhibit cases where locating a significant share of the food production in the least-urbanized regions results in lower transport-related emissions than in configurations where all regions are self-sufficient (’pure local-food’). In addition, the optimal spatial allocation of food production does not exclude the possibility that some regions should rely solely on local production, provided their urban population sizes are neither too large nor too small.
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  • Stéphane de Cara & Anne Fournier & Carl Gaigné, 2014. "Feeding the Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A New Economic Geography Approach," Post-Print hal-01410683, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01410683
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    2. Nadezda Shcherbakova, 2012. "Globalisation Or Autonomy Of A Big City: Evidence From St. Petersburg," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 6(1), pages 53-70, JUNE.

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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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