%0 Journal Article
%@ 0308-518X
%A Gordon, P.
%A Ledent, J.
%D 1980
%F iiasa:14054
%I SAGE
%J Environment and Planning A
%N 2
%P 125-133
%R 10.1068/a120125
%T Modeling the Dynamics of a System of Metropolitan Areas: A Demoeconomic Approach
%U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14054/
%V 12
%X This paper proposes a complete dynamic model of a system of metropolitan areas interacting through economic and demographic links, namely trade and migration respectively. It not only considers interregional effects (through an interregional input - output submodel) but also intraregional effects (through a set of Garin - Lowry submodels). In addition it allows the simultaneous determination of migration rates, labor-force-participation rates, and unemployment rates. Suggestive of the demoeconomic approach, this model also reveals the methodological difficulties that such an approach implies.