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This introductory but innovative textbook on the economics of cities is aimed at students of urban and regional policy as well as of undergraduate economics. It deals with standard topics, including automobiles, mass transit, pollution, housing, and education but it also discusses non-standard topic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Flaherty, Brendan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Urban economics.
Urban policy.
Sociology, Urban.
Économie urbaine.
Politique urbaine.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Urban & Regional.
Sociology, Urban
Urban economics
Urban policy
Stadtökonomie
Steden.
Stedelijke economie.
Stedelijk beleid.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Why proximity is good
  • 3. Cars, pollution, and accidents
  • 4. Congestion
  • 5. Mass transit
  • 6. Land
  • 7. Too many cars? Too much lawn? Too much blight?
  • 8. Rules
  • 9. Water, sewers, fire, and garbage
  • 10. Education
  • 11. Race and space
  • 12. Race and policy
  • 13. Housing : the big picture
  • 14. Housing and poor people
  • 15. Homelessness
  • 16. Crime
  • 17. Drugs, guns, and alcohol
  • 18. Urban economic development
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary.

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