The internal structure of cities: the economics of agglomeration, amenities and accessibility

[this is the summary of my dissertation; click here for the Dutch summary]   Introduction We have seen a vast increase in the number of people residing in urbanised areas in the last two centuries. It rose from about 7.5 percent in 1800 to more than 50 percent nowadays (Huriot and Thisse, 2000; Glaeser and…