Geographical Roots of Spatial Interaction

John R. Roy ()
Additional contact information
John R. Roy: Environmental, Transport and Urban Development Studies (ETUDES)

Chapter 1 in Spatial Interaction Modelling, 2004, pp 9-50 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Strong anecdotal evidence exists throughout recorded history for the operation of a ‘gravity’ effect in human activities. This is illustrated by the paramount role of accessibility in location decisions. In ancient times, major cities concentrated in seaport locations or along large rivers to be more accessible to trade opportunities with other cities. Also, export and the associated transport of locally produced commodities usually only took place after local demand was satisfied (except when there was an intrinsic price or quality advantage). Also, when faster and more reliable transport modes such as rail were introduced, major railheads increased in relative importance compared with river ports. In fact, most large river ports made sure that they also became important railheads, with some goods being handled by rail and bulk commodities by river barge.

Keywords: Gravity Model; Base Period; Spatial Interaction; Spatial Interaction Model; Trip Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-540-24807-1_2

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783540248071

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24807-1_2

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Advances in Spatial Science from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().