Spatial economy and the geography of functional economic areas
Spatial economy and the geography of functional economic areas
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空间经济与经济功能区地理
DOI：
10.1177/0265813516642226
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2017
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Colin Jones
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Colin Jones
空间经济可以被看作是一个由重叠的市场或与不同活动相关联的功能区组成的网络。遗憾的是，行政区域和地方权力区域往往被用作功能区的代理，但它们在空间经济分析和地方政策实施方面存在严重缺陷。空间经济在这里被看作是在一个等级城市系统内的复杂的经济流动网络。本文首先采用基于英国通勤和移民流动的一致标准，构建了功能经济区的综合地理。接下来的分析叠加了一个源自零售销售和办公中心租金的中心位置等级。然后对这些功能经济区进行分类，从而深入了解英国的空间经济。地理位置对城市形式的核心/周边模式的相关性提出了质疑，因为大型当地劳动力市场区域在某些情况下包括20多个住房市场区域。虽然本研究仅以英国为个案，但对发达国家的空间经济分析具有普遍意义。本文还提出了一些方法和数据问题，以供进一步发展。
The spatial economy can be visualised as a web of overlapping markets or functional areas linked to different activities. Unfortunately, very often administrative regions and local authority areas are used as proxies for functional areas, but they have serious shortcomings for spatial economic analysis and the implementation of local policies. The spatial economy is viewed here as a complex network of economic flows within a hierarchical urban system. This paper constructs a comprehensive geography of functional economic areas by first using consistent criteria based on commuting and migration flows for England. The analysis next superimposes a central place hierarchy derived from retail sales and office centre rents. It then classifies these functional economic areas offering insights into the spatial economy of England. The geography queries the relevance of core/surrounding models of urban form as large local labour market areas comprise in some cases more than 20 housing market areas. While the research uses England as a case study, the analysis is of generic significance to the spatial economies of developed countries. The paper also raises a number of methodological and data issues for further development.