Urban Development
Theory, Fact, and Illusion
Published on 10. October 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-506902-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of the economics of development and urbanization. Its two principal themes are 1) that simple economic factors explain the spatial location of populations and industries in different countries at different times, and 2) that developing countries create crowded urban areas inadvertently by building large cities that draw people from the countryside who do not find the jobs they come seeking. It reports original theoretical and empirical research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous line illustrations and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-506902-0 (9780195069020)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction; Urban Production Patterns; A Simple General Equilibrium Model of a System of Cities; Extensions of the Basic Model - I. Growth, Technological Change and Economic Development; Extensions of the Basic Model - II. Trade, Natural Resources, and Small Economies; Econometric Tests - I. The Nature of Agglomeration Effects; Econometric Modelling - II. Population Composition of Cities; Government Policies with Unintended Spatial Impacts; Industrial Location Policies; Population Relocation - City Size Policies; Empirical Determinants of Urban Concentration; Urban Issues in China; Conclusions.