A Brief History of Time, Space, and Growth: Waldo Tobler’s First Law of Geography Revisited

Westlund, HansJönköping University,IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics,KTH, Urbana och regionala studier,Urbana och regionala studier (författare)

A Brief History of Time, Space, and Growth : Waldo Tobler’s First Law of Geography Revisited

QC 20131219
In the current knowledge economy, the most important production factor, human knowledge, is much more mobile than the dominating production factors of previous periods. This means that theories of spatial development, formulated during the manufacturing-industrial era, might not be wholly applicable today. One of the basic assumptions of spatial theory is formulated in Waldo Tobler's first law of geography: "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." This article discusses the validity of this law in today's knowledge economy. While several factors have made distance less important, a crucial factor for innovation and growth-tacit knowledge-is still highly dependent on face-to-face contacts. This suggests that Waldo Tobler's first law of geography plays an important role also in the knowledge economy.

Ingår i:The annals of regional scienceBerlin : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg51:3, s. 917-9240570-18641432-0592

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