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Optimal Utilization of the Central Business District with Economy and Diseconomy of Agglomeration

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The central business district (CBD) of big cities like Tokyo is constantly suffering from congestion phenomenon for the consumption of services generated by the urban infrastructures (transport, communication, water, sewage, and so on). A typical example is dangerously crowded peak-time commuting trips into the CBD of Tokyo.

The author is thankful to Professors H. Inamura, H. Ohta, J. M. Quigley and J.-F. Thisse for their valuable comments on an earlier version of the present chapter.

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  1. Noboru Sakashita
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Ohta (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  2. Université de Paris I-Sorbonne, France

    Jacques-François Thisse (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  3. CERAS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France

    Jacques-François Thisse (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

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© 1993 Hiroshi Ohta and Jacques-François Thisse

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Sakashita, N. (1993). Optimal Utilization of the Central Business District with Economy and Diseconomy of Agglomeration. In: Ohta, H., Thisse, JF. (eds) Does Economic Space Matter?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22906-2_10

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