Spatial Economic Behaviour : The Microeconomic Foundations of Urban and Transport Economics

Preface they have taught me a great deal. Numerous people have helped me in the production of this final version by commenting on various ideas at earlier stages of development and reading earlier drafts of chapters. I owe considerable debts to my colleagues at Kent and particularly to Ian Gordon, who has helped me crystallise my ideas and shown exemplary patience when I devoted time to this book instead of to our joint research project. John Craven read the final manuscript and rescued me from a number of errors. The final product is nevertheless my responsibility alone.My greatest debt is to my wife Chris, who once again has not only suffered from my absences during the writing but has laboured on many an evening turning manuscript into coherent typescript and only rarely complained of the constraints placed on her spatial behaviour. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-5 The Basis of Choice and Preference....Pages 6-29 Simple Spatial Choice Models....Pages 30-68 Some Complications: Risk, Uncertainty and Search....Pages 69-83 Conflicts in Spatial Behaviour....Pages 84-113 Towards General Equilibrium....Pages 114-136 Beyond General Equilibrium....Pages 137-164 Analysis and Planning of the Spatial Economy....Pages 165-180 Back Matter....Pages 181-187