PT Journal
AU Marcon, E
   Puech, F
TI A typology of distance-based measures of spatial concentration
SO Regional Science and Urban Economics
JI Regional Science and Urban Economics
PY 2017
BP 56
EP 67
VL 62
DI 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.10.004
DE Agglomeration; Aggregation; Economic geography; Point patterns; Spatial concentration
AB Over the last decade, distance-based methods have been introduced and then improved in the field of spatial economics to gauge the geographic concentration of activities. There is a growing literature on this theme including new tools, discussions on their specific properties and various applications. However, there is currently no typology of distance-based methods. This paper fills that gap. The proposed classification helps understand all the properties of distance-based methods and proves that they are variations on the same framework. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
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