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Rolf Moeckel:
Business Location Decisions and Urban Sprawl
A Microsimulation of Business Relocation and Firmography

2007, 271 S., ISBN 978-3-88211-160-6, € 23,00

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Every year, 8 percent of all employment is relocated, either because one firm goes out of business and a new firm is established elsewhere or because an existing business decides to relocate. In many regions, this fluctuation leads to a continual employment shift from central cities to the suburbs. Likely consequences include greenfield ?development in the suburbs with coincident growth of derelict sites in central cities, loss of tax revenue for selected cities, or increased car dependency of employees for their daily commute. Urban and regional planning constantly strives to develop successful strategies to reduce this urban sprawl of employment, so far with little success.
This book presents a simulation model that analyses alternative strategies for limiting the suburbanization of employment. It applies microsimulation by representing every business individually. The model was implemented in the urban region of Dortmund in Germany. Zoning, transportation, and tax-related policies are tested and compared to estimate their likely success in fostering a sustainable land-use development. The analyses reveal that a regionally coordinated approach would be the most successful policy option for reducing the urban sprawl of employment.

Inhaltsübersicht

INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
2. Microsimulation

THEORY
3. Theories of urban business locations
4. Theories of firmography
5. Existing models of employment simulation

MODELLING
6. Implementation
7. Simulation of business location decision
8. Simulation of firmography

SCENARIOS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
9. Scenarios
10. Policy recommendations and conclusions

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