First Published in 2001. This book contains two essays: the first examines optimal facility location, according to a variety of economic criteria; the second develops a theory of international trade in which a region is regarded as a system of cities.

Pierre Hansen, Martine Labbé, Dominique Peeters, Jacques-François Thisse, J Vernon Henderson

Part 1 Facility Location Analysis, Pierre Hansen, Martine Labbé, Dominique Peeters, Jacques-François Thisse; Introduction; Chapter 1 Facility Location in Continuous Spaces; Chapter 2 Facility Location in Finite Spaces; Chapter 3 Facility Location on Networks; Chapter 4 Conclusion; Part 2 Systems of Cities and Inter-City Trade, J. Vernon Henderson; Chapter 5 Positive Analyses; Chapter 6 Normative Properties;