The Geography of Borrowing Size
Towns can ‘borrow size’ from nearby urban areas, enhancing their economic prospects and resilience by leveraging networks with larger towns.
Economic geography is the study of how human economic activities – production, consumption, and exchange – vary across space, with a focus on resource endowments, international trade and commerce, population growth, settlements, development, interaction and interdependencies, and regional supply and demand.
Towns can ‘borrow size’ from nearby urban areas, enhancing their economic prospects and resilience by leveraging networks with larger towns.
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