A Regional Core, Adjacent, Periphery Model for National Economic Geography Analysis



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transformed into a multi-region CAP model. The mathematical derivation of the national regional
geographic CAP model is presented in the following section.

4.2 The Mathematics of the CAP Model

Let U represent any country with a set of urban population density elements updi where i =
1...
I. This set of population density elements is represented by:

U = {updi = 1,..., I}                                                                 (1)

where i is the urban population density of a given urban area, and I is the total of all urban areas in a
country. It is possible to create three proper subsets of
U, with the symbols C, A, and P, such that
C U , A U , and P U , given the condition that C A P U. By using the extension theorem
of set theory, specific values of the elements from U can be assigned to the three respective subsets: C,
A,
and P .Let the function φ(updi) be the criterion for the subset C, such that φ(updi) C. Subset C is
then characterised by the following condition:

φ(updi) C θ updi U ∩ φ(updi )           i                           (2)

Thus each element updi in U that satisfies the criterion φ(updi) is assigned to the subset C. For subset
A, γ(updi) A, and is characterised by the following equation:

γ(updi) A θ updi U ∩ φ(updi) γ(updi)Θca       i                   (3)

Equation (3) states that every element updi, in U that satisfies the criteria γ(updi) and not the
criteria
φ(updi) will be assigned to the subset A. Finally, the criterion for subset P is the same as for
subset
A since a region that is two regions removed from the core can theoretically have the same
γ(updi) as an adjacent region. However, it is differentiated from an adjacent region by its geographic



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