Abstract
Chapter 2 has been concerned with outlining the main reasons why firms and individuals congregate to form cities. We now turn to look at why, once the decision to locate in a city has been made, particular urban sites are chosen. This chapter is therefore concerned with intra-urban location theory and practice. Some firms are obviously restricted in their location choices by the availability of local resources; many local utilities fall into this category, as do extractive industries. We are less concerned with these firms and concentrate on those which have a fairly high degree of mobility and can choose between alternative sites.
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Button, K.J. (1976). Intra-Urban Location and Land Use. In: Urban Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15661-0_3
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