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This chapter follows on from a series of studies of urban development carried out in various European and other OECD countries (Johansson 1986a, 1986b; Nijkamp 1990; Cheshire and Gordon 1995a). It has its recent background in empirical investigations of industrial dynamics undertaken in a Nordic context (Forslund 1996). These studies examined the systematic diffusion and relocation of economic activities across a system urban regions at a fine sector specification. They identified a distinct spatial hierarchy as regards the reduction or disappearance of those economic activities with declining markets and shrinking employment. Some of the results may be compared with earlier contributions in product cycle analysis or filtering-down models (Erickson 1976; Johansson and Karlsson 1987; Cheshire and Gordon 1995b).
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Forslund, U.M., Johansson, B. (2000). Product Vintages and Specialisation Dynamics in a Hierarchical Urban System. In: Batten, D.F., Bertuglia, C.S., Martellato, D., Occelli, S. (eds) Learning, Innovation and Urban Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4609-2_8
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