Konferenzbeitrag
Function Follows Form
Urban policy visibly molds city shape. This paper's interest is in how city shape (less visibly) molds urban policy. The paper finds: A sufficiently skewed city will look after its center. That is, the more skewed a city's shape towards the city periphery, the more likely an urban majority against any policy that could take away from the city center. This, when broadly interpreted, complements Sullivan's (1896) ''form follows function'' view prominent in architectural theory. Function (building uses) also follows form (building contours). Ultimately combining both views may help explain further how, and when, cities sprawl.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Urban Economics II ; No. B15-V2
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Wirtschaft
Regional Government Analysis: General
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dascher, Kristof
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Veröffentlichung
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2015
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- Last update
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Object type
- Konferenzbeitrag
Associated
- Dascher, Kristof
Time of origin
- 2015