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Nonlinear Evolution of Spatial Economic Systems

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Peter Nijkamp

    1. Department of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Aura Reggiani

    1. Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Nonlinear Evolution of Socioeconomic and Spatial Systems

    1. Nonlinear Evolution of Socioeconomic and Spatial Systems

      • Peter Nijkamp, Aura Reggiani
      Pages 1-21

  3. Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Lessons from Nonlinear Dynamic Economics

      • Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
      Pages 25-57

    3. Survey of Nonlinear Dynamic Modelling in Economics

      • J. Barkley Rosser Jr.
      Pages 58-84

    4. Towards a Dynamic Disequilibrium Theory of Economy

      • G. Haag, M. Hilliges, K. Teichmann
      Pages 85-111

    5. Complex Transient Motion in Continuous-Time Economic Models

      • Hans-Walter Lorenz
      Pages 112-137

    6. Economic Structure and Nonlinear Dynamic Development

      • Wei-Bin Zhang
      Pages 138-156

  4. Spatial Representations of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Microeconomics and the Dynamic Modelling of Spatial Systems

      • W. D. Macmillan
      Pages 159-177

    3. Spatial Evolution in Complex Systems

      • Peter M. Allen
      Pages 178-202

    4. Speculations on Fractal Geometry in Spatial Dynamics

      • Paul Longley, Michael Batty
      Pages 203-222

    5. Complex Dynamics and Fractal Urban Form

      • Roger White, Guy Engelen
      Pages 223-247

    6. Complex Behaviour in Spatial Networks

      • Peter Nijkamp, Aura Reggiani
      Pages 248-271

    7. Dynamical Basis of Large Deviations and Power Laws in Complex Systems

      • G. Nicolis
      Pages 272-282

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 283-285
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About this book

Is our world more dynamic than it used to be in the past? Have phenomena in the social science field become unpredictable? Are chaotic events nowadays occurring more frequently than in the past? Such questions are often raised in popular debates on nonlinear evolution and self-organizing systems. At the same time, many scientists are also raising various intruiging methodological issues. Is it possible to separate deterministic chaos from random disturbances if their trajectories are (almost) similar? Is prediction still possible in a world of chaos (Poincare)? Is it possible to distinguish specification errors from measurement errors in a nonlinear dynamic model? Is evolution a random process? The list of such questions can easily be extended with dozens of others. But despite the myriad of questions on problems of nonlinear evolution, one common trait is evident: in both the natural and the social sciences we are still groping in the dark in areas which are par excellence promising hunting grounds for exploratory and exploratory research, viz. structural grounds in an uncertain nonlinear world. The present book aims at offering a collection of refreshing contributions to the above research issues by focusing attention, in particular on nonlinear dynamic evolution in space at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in Wassenaar, the Netherlands. The Institute has to be thanked for its hospitality and support, reflected inter alia in a workshop at which several of the papers included in this book were discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

  • Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Aura Reggiani

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