Regional Externalities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heijman, Wim (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Economic geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Economic Geography.

Wim Heijman Wageningen University, The Netherlands, E-mail: wim. heijman@wur. nl Generally speaking, externalities occur when a decision causes uncomp- sated costs or benefits to individuals or groups other than the person(s) making the decision. Examples of negative externalities are numerous in th...