Cities exist to make our communication and economic exchange easier. The dense concentration of people and firms within cities lowers the cost of trading, as the market is easily accessible to the firm and vice versa, firms have access to an extensive labour market and workers can find employment. People and firms locate [...]
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The Effect of Technology Advances on Urban Structure and Economic Activity
January 2nd, 2010 
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December 20th, 2009 Admin Cheshire (1995 pp. 1051) summarises how decentralisation has moved southwards through the EU. From 1975-81 78% of urban cores in Northern European countries experienced decentralisation of population in comparison with just 17% in Southern European countries. This disparity could be due to differences in technological development in cities of Northern and Southern Europe. [...]
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