Tools for Spatial Economic Planning

A Guide for Urbanizing Countries
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-81812-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Urbanization is a transformative force reshaping the economies and societies of developing countries today. It has the potential to bring about powerful development dividends, but the rapid expansion of cities in countries where resources are limited is a pressing policy challenge. Guiding the evolving spatial and economic structure, and getting policy right is an urgent and high-stakes task.

This book bridges spatial and economic planning, offering practical tools for both analysis and policymaking. It explores seven national and subnational policy instruments — such as National Development Plans, city master plans, and special economic zones — detailing their purpose, formulation, key components, and effectiveness. Additionally, it provides hands-on guidance on a wide variety of analytical tools, such as mapped overlays, location quotients, input-output analysis, metrics of inequality and segregation, gravity models, and scenario planning. These tools can help identify spatial trends, assess linkages, and inform policy decisions.

With 26 case studies demonstrating real-world applications, this book serves as a resource for policymakers, development practitioners, and academics seeking to learn, develop the field of knowledge, and shape more effective spatial-economic policies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kebede, Gulelat

Gauntner, Paterson

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Spatial economic theory: An overview with a historical perspective 3. Spatial disaggregation, visualization, mapping, and overlays 4. Industry location: Location quotient, shift-share analysis, and growth share matrix 5. Economic linkages: Value chain mapping, input-output tables, and multipliers 6. Metrics of spatial inequality and segregation 7. System of cities: City-size distribution and gravity models 8. Scenario planning 9. Subnational policy tools 10. National policy tools

Über Autor(innen)

Gulelat Kebede is a lecturer at The New School University, New York, USA.

Paterson Gauntner is an urban economist with project experience in 15+ countries and expertise in urban planning, economic development and local public finance.