1. Space and Economics Chapter 5: Location of the consumer Author Wim Heijman (Wageningen, the Netherlands) August 6, 2009

4. Figure 5.1: Municipalities in the Netherlands, ranked according to number of inhabitants in 1999. 5.1 Where does the consumer live?

5. Figure 5.2: Population density in Europe

6. Figure 5.3: Europe's population density: stable night lights

8. 5.2 Rank size rule (Zipf’s Law)

9. 5.2 Rank size rule (Zipf’s Law)

10. Figure 5.4: Rank-size relationship The Netherlands (1999, 538 municipalities).

11. Figure 5.5: Rank size relationship UK (2002, 170 territorial units).

12. Figure 5.6: Rank size relationship Belgium (2002, 593 territorial units).

13. Figure 5.7: Rank size relationship Germany (2002, 442 territorial units).

19. 5.5 A partial location model for households

20. 5.5 A partial location model for households

22. 5.6 A general location model for households: the distance density model (DD-model)

24. 5.6 A general location model for households: the distance density model (DD-model)

25. 5.6 A general location model for households: the distance density model (DD-model)

29. 5.6 Application