Do New Economic Geography agglomeration shadows underlie current population dynamics across the urban hierarchy?

Partridge, Mark D.; Rickman, Dan S.; Ali, Kamar; Olfert, M. Rose

doi:10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00211.x

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“…Likewise, Partridge et al (2009) identify growth shadow effects among relatively equally sized small cities in polycentric metropolitan areas, though the size of their 'small city' category is too broad (50k-250k) to draw final conclusions regarding polycentricity. Whether this implies that there is no borrowed size effect (Brezzi and Veneri, 2015) is difficult to determine.…”

Section: Multicentric Metropolitan Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Alonso mentions per capita income and faster (population) growth -indicators also used by Partridge et al (2008;2009;, who also add housing cost development. More recent explorations adopt a functional or sectoral approach.…”

Section: Analytical Concept: Operationalising Borrowed Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given this emphasis on interaction rather than size, and given the importance of interaction for agglomeration economies to develop, Polèse and Shearmur (2006) even prefer the term 'borrowed agglomeration economies' to 'borrowed size'. Another term could be 'positive agglomeration spillovers' (Partridge et al, 2009). …”

Section: Network Connectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stretching the concept of ‘borrowed size’

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Abstract'Borrowed size' is an emerging policy concept in several European countries, presenting theoretical potential to explain contemporary urban dynamics unaddressed through conventional urban growth theories that emphasise the role of agglomeration economies. In its original conceptualisation by Alonso, the concept describes and explains the situation that especially smaller cities that are located in a larger 'megapolitan complex' do perform better because they have access to agglomeration benefits of larger neighbouring cities. This paper scrutinises the concept of borrowed size, thereby focusing on its conceptualisation and reviewing its empirical justification thus far. Our empirical analyses show that the concept must be stretched in terms of scale and scope to enhance its policy value. Borrowed size occurs when a city possesses urban functions and/or performance levels normally associated with larger cities. This is enabled through interactions in networks of cities across multiple spatial scales. These networks serve as a substitute for the benefits of agglomeration.Theoretically, the borrowed size concept demands a recasting of the geographical foundations of agglomeration theory.

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Section: Multicentric Metropolitan Areasmentioning

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Section: Analytical Concept: Operationalising Borrowed Sizementioning

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“…In the end, the net effect of access to other-urbanplaces is an empirical issue that depends on whether the competition shadow is offset by positive urban spillovers (Partridge et al 2009). The positive effects of borrowed size depend on access to resources for production and potential demand.…”

Section: Borrowed Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

Urbanization and start-up rates in different geographies: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Hans

Koster

2017

Small Bus Econ

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This study addresses the mediating role of settlement patterns in the relationship between urbanization and start-up activity. Places do not operate in a vacuum and to understand the effect of Bown^density on start-up patterns, we need to account for the urban spillovers or borrowed size that they may experience from other places nearby. The results can explain the empirical ambiguity in the relationship between urbanization and start-up patterns: the relationship between urbanization and start-up rates becomes more similar between countries when controlling for countryspecific settlement patterns by including a spatially lagged urbanization variable and variables measuring the distance to urban centers. Accounting for the relative location of places and relevant sorting effects, we find that Bown^density has a consistently negative effect on start-up activity. Yet, access to other places has a generally positive effect. This implies that nearby regions profit from the advantages offered by urban environments without having to deal with the costs involved.

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“…On the other hand, increased city size and population density can show characteristics that can reduce life satisfaction. Land rent is higher (Partridge et al 2009), and, by consequence, the cost of living (Dijkstra et al 2013) increases. Environmental problems are exacerbated, such as congestion and pollution (Glaeser, Kahn 2008) and unregulated urban expansion (Glaeser, Kahn 2004), as well as social conflict and malaise (Glaeser, Sacerdote 1999) 4 .…”

Section: Life Satisfaction In Transition Countries: a Review Of The Lmentioning

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Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession

Lenzi

Perucca

2016

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Abstract. The literature on life satisfaction in transition countries, and in particular on Romania, demonstrated that life satisfaction significantly differs across rural communities and cities of different sizes. The question addressed in this paper is whether these imbalances are stable over time, or instead, they become manifest in the presence of strong divergences in the economic growth rates of different kinds of communities. Results point out that in the period of sharp economic growth led by large urban areas, as the one experienced by Romania on the road to EU accession, rural/urban disparities in life satisfaction widened, favoring cities of intermediate size.

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Do New Economic Geography agglomeration shadows underlie current population dynamics across the urban hierarchy?

Cited by 116 publications

References 60 publications

Stretching the concept of ‘borrowed size’

Stretching the concept of ‘borrowed size’

Urbanization and start-up rates in different geographies: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession

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