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Introduction to urban economics
Introduction to Urban Economics offers a complete and self-contained coverage of urban economics. This book analyzes the economic rationale and growth and development of cities, theory and empirical analysis of urban markets, and problems and policies of urban economies. This text is divided into in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York,
Academic Press
[1974]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Introduction to Urban Economics; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; I. THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF CITIES; II. What Is Urban Economics; III. ABOUT THIS BOOK; SUGGESTED READINGS; CHAPTER 2. AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF URBAN AREAS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MODELS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT; III. URBANIZATION FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD; IV. U.S. URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: 1625-1940; V. SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. THE ECONOMICS OF URBAN GROWTH; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE RUDIMENTS OF LOCATION ANALYSIS
- III. MODELS OF URBAN GROWTHIV. THE FRONTIERS OF URBAN GROWTH; V. SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. THE ECONOMICS OF INTRAURBAN LOCATION DECISIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE BASIC DETERMINANTS OF INTRAURBAN LOCATION DECISIONS AT THE FIRM LEVEL; III. MODELS OF INTRAURBAN LOCATION DECISIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. LAND USE; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GENERAL URBAN LAND-USE MODELS; III. THE DETERMINANTS OF SPECIFIC LAND USES; IV. CHANGES IN LAND USES; V. LAND USE POLICY; VI. SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. HOUSING; I. INTRODUCTION
- II. HOUSING MARKETSIII. HOUSING-MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND THEIR IMPACTS; IV. HOUSING POLICY; V. SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. URBAN TRANSPORTATION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. TRANSPORTATION MARKETS; III. SHORT-RUN SUPPLY CONSIDERATIONS; IV. LONG-RUN SUPPLY CONSIDERATIONS; V. TRANSPORT PROBLEMS AND POLICIES; VI. SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. THE URBAN PUBLIC SECTOR; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE RATIONALE FOR AND MARKET OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR; III. THE FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; IV. PROBLEMS OF URBAN GOVERNMENTS; V. SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS