【摘要】This paper presents an agent-based model of an Italian textile district where thou-sands of small firms specialize in particular phases of fabrics production. It reconstructs the webof communication between firms as they arrange production chains. In turn, production chainsresult in road traffic between the geographical areas on which the district extends. The recon-structed traffic exhibits a pattern that has been observed, but not foreseen, by policy-makers.

【关键词】Infrastructure policy;time-geography;agent-based models;industrial districts;Prato

【文献来源】Guido Fioretti.Papers in Regional Studies.2014（4）