If Cities are So Great, Why are People Leaving? A Comment
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 11 (11) , 1321-1322
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a111321
Abstract
Tregarthen (1977) claims that an increase in agglomeration economies may be the cause of migration to smaller cities. In this comment I show that his analysis does not lead to this conclusion.Keywords
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