Abstract
City systems are closely related to economic and social performance achieved in a region. The city system provides important information to firms that are selecting a region in a country in which to build their new factories. While constructing an appropriate city system in a region contributes to the development of a healthy regional economy, the city system is considered an important location factor for both firms and administrations. Based on empirical studies in Japan and Sweden, this chapter clarifies that the city system reflects the economic and social performance of a region, and that this system plays a role not only in firm’s location selections but also in the location policies of regional governments.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
The economic performances of regions in Japan and Sweden are examined by Wall and Ishikawa (2011). They show a mechanism in which the distributions of the manufacturing and the retailing activities change due to economic globalization (2011).
- 2.
The importance of the city system in regional economy is clearly shown by Capello (2007).
References
Capello, R. (2007). Regional economics (pp. 78–81). London/New York: Routledge.
Ishikawa, T. (2012). A role of the urban system in regional government’s location policy. ERSA conference paper, 52, 43.
Sheppard, E. (1982). City size distributions and spatial economic change. International Regional Science Review, 7, 2, 127–151.
Statistics Sweden, http://www.scb.se
Toyo keizai Shinposha. (2013). Chiiki Keizai Soran (Data Book), In Japanese.
Wall, R. & Ishikawa, T. (2011). A hypothesis and an inspection on location polarization of economic globalization, Discussion paper, IERCU, Chuo University, 156.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer Japan
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ishikawa, T., Wall, R. (2015). Significance of Constructing City Systems in Regional Policy. In: Ishikawa, T. (eds) Firms’ Location Selections and Regional Policy in the Global Economy. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55366-3_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55366-3_16
Publisher Name: Springer, Tokyo
Print ISBN: 978-4-431-55365-6
Online ISBN: 978-4-431-55366-3
eBook Packages: Business and EconomicsEconomics and Finance (R0)