Journal article
Resetting the urban network: 117–2012
- Abstract:
- Do fixed geographic features such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavourable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanisation in Britain, but not in France. As urbanisation recovered, medieval towns were more often found in Roman‐era town locations in France than in Britain. The resetting of Britain’s urban network gave it better access to natural navigable waterways, which mattered for town growth from 1200 to 1800. We conclude that history trapped many French towns in suboptimal locations.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/ecoj.12424
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Economic Journal More from this journal
- Volume:
- 128
- Issue:
- 608
- Pages:
- 378-412
- Publication date:
- 2017-05-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-07-28
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1468-0297
- ISSN:
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0013-0133
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pubs:584920
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info:fedora/pubs:584920
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584920
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2016-07-28
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- Royal Economic Society
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- Copyright © 2016 Royal Economic Society. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12424
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