Chaos and Socio-Spatial Dynamics

Prologue. - I. Socio-Spatial Dynamics. - A. Introduction. - B. The Four Lenses to View Socio-Spatial Dynamics. - Conclusions. - II. One Stock Two Regions. - Summary. - A. The First Iterate and Associated Analytical Properties of the Model: x(t + 1) = 1/1 + AF[x(t)]. - B. Log-Linear Comparative Advantages Producing Functions: F = x(t)a[l x(t)]b. - C. Higher Iterates and Fundamental Bifurcations in Discrete Dynamics. - D. The Exponential Locational Advantages Producing Function. - Conclusions. - III. One Stock Multiple Locations. - Summary. - A. The General Model. - B. The Log-Linear Comparative Advantages Model. - C. Empirical Evidence. - D. Border Sequences in the One-Stock Multiple-Location Log-Linear Model. - E. One-Stock Multiple-Location Discrete-Time Logistic Growth. - Conclusions. - IV. Multiple Stocks Multiple Locations. - Summary. - A. The General Model. - B. The Two-Stock Two-Location Model. - C. The Two-Stock I-Location Case. - D. The Two-Stock Multiple-Location Discrete-Time Logistic Growth Model. - Conclusions. - Epilogue. - 1. Six Central Issues. - 2. Three Areas of Application. - 3. Further Research Suggestions. - Appendix I Second-Order Determinants of the Three-Location One-Stock Model. - Appendix II The Determinant of the Log-Linear Model. - References. - Author Index. Language: English