ABSTRACT
This chapter uses the tools of urban economic analysis to shed light on several of the key issues arising from the interaction between city and region. These issues have been considered almost exclusively from the perspective of the regional analyst. The chapter gives the concept of region some analytical content from which a mechanism for understanding city-region interaction might be derived. For this purpose, a brief description of the process of economic growth is presented, followed by an analysis of its impact on city-region relationships in Canada. The emphasis on economic structure reflects the biases of the economist. The specific contribution of the urban economist is the consideration of the spatial impact of these structural interdependencies. To the geographer's concept of distance or accessibility, the chapter brings the notion of quantity of land or availability in an attempt to discover the spatial implications of this mechanism.
