How and where satellite cities form around a large city: Sustain bifurcation mechanism of a long narrow economy

Ikeda, Kiyohiro and Aizawa, Hiroki and Gaspar, Jose M. (2020): How and where satellite cities form around a large city: Sustain bifurcation mechanism of a long narrow economy.

Abstract

We investigate economic agglomeration in a long narrow economy, in which discrete locations are evenly spread over a line segment. We elucidate the mechanism how (new) satellite cities form around a central city by the bifurcation analysis of a monocentric city at the center. The validity and usefulness of this mechanism are ensured for various kinds of spatial economic models, namely Forslid & Ottaviano (J Econ Geo, 2003), Pfluger (Reg Sci Urban Econ, 2004), Pfluger and Sudekum (J Urban Econ, 2008), and Murata and Thisse (J Urban Econ, 2005). Where satellite cities emerge is demonstrated to be dependent on the models and their economic parameters. For the first two models, for example, the larger the agglomeration forces, the farther away from the monocentric city satellite cities emerge. The transition of stable agglomeration patterns is observed and is put to use in the explanation of the history of city size distribution in the real world.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Bifurcation; economic geography; long narrow economy; satellite city; sustain point.
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies

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