 The role of services in regional and urban development: A reappraisal of our understandingSven Illeris The Service Industries Journal, 2005, vol. 25, issue 4, 447-460 Abstract: A first approach is a primarily theoretical re-examination of the economic base model. It is concluded that only with substantial modification, can it be maintained as a simple model of the interplay between sectors creating regional and urban development. A second approach is to examine empirically the notion that since service activities now show above-average growth and are above-average concentrated in big cities, they pull economic development towards big cities. This is shown not necessarily to be the case, indeed it may be called ‘the structural fallacy’. Shift-share analyses in France and Denmark in the last decades of the twentieth century show that shifts out of the big cities more than counter-balance their structural advantages. However, this is not necessarily the case everywhere or in all periods. A third approach is, using the concepts and findings of the first two, to discuss the role of services in the development of rural areas, small and medium-sized towns, and big cities in Western Europe. Date: 2005 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:servic:v:25:y:2005:i:4:p:447-460 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/02642060500092097 Access Statistics for this article The Service Industries Journal is currently edited by Eileen Bridges, Professor Domingo Ribeiro, Ronald Goldsmith, Barry Howcroft and Youjae Yi More articles in The Service Industries Journal from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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