Bringing urban issues into a modern microeconomic framework, this work uses basic economic analysis to explain why cities exist, where they develop, how they grow and how various activities are arranged within them. Census data is incorporated into the text, and used in charts and tables.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-0-256-26331-2 (9780256263312)
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Part 1 Market forces in the development of cities: why do cities exists? where do cities develop? the history of western urbanization; how many cities? urban economic growth. Part 2 Land rent and urban land-use patterns: introduction to land rent and land use; land use in the monocentric city; general equilibrium land use; suburbanization, subcentres, and modern cities; land-use controls and zoning. Part 3 Poverty and housing: segregation and poverty in the central city; other dimensions of poverty; why is housing different? housing policies. Part 4 Local government: overview of local government; voting with ballots and feet; local taxes and intergovernmental grants. Part 5 Urban transportation: autos and highways; mass transit. Part 6 Education and crime: education, crime and punishment. Appendix: tools of microeconomics.
