A study on the urban system of western Europe from the standpoint of economic management functions

本研究旨在从经济管理功能的角度分析西欧城市体系。作者研究了英国、爱尔兰、法国、西班牙、葡萄牙、意大利、奥地利、瑞士、比利时、荷兰、卢森堡、德国、丹麦、挪威、瑞典和芬兰。在这个分析中，作者把西欧作为一个国家来分析。笔者从以下3个方面对其城市体系进行了分析：1)人口；2)大公司总部和分公司的分布；3)银行网络。重要的结论如下：(1)伦敦是总部最多的城市。第二个城市是巴黎。他们也有许多分公司。西欧的主要城市彼此之间有密切的联系。马德里、里斯本、都柏林、奥斯陆和维也纳有几个总部，但它们有许多分公司。(3)德国、意大利和瑞士的首都没有很多总部，但它们有很多分公司。(4)地理距离是影响分公司分布的重要因素。

This study aims to analyze the urban system of western Europe from the standpoint of the economic management function. The author studied the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. In this analysis, the author analyzed western Europe as a nation. The author analyzed its urban system from the following 3 points, namely 1) population, 2) distribution of large firms' head offices and branch companies, 3) banking networks. The important conclusions are as follows,(1) London is the number one city in regard of head offices. The second city is Paris. They have many branch companies, too, The major cities of western Europe have intimate networks between each other.(2) Madrid, Lisbon, Dublin, Oslo and Vienna have a few head offices, but they have many branch companies.(3) The capitals of Germany, Italy and Switzerland do not have many head offices, but they have many branch companies.(4) Geographical distance is a very important factor in the distribution of branch companies.