Urban Economics

Name: Urban Economics
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ISBN: 9780073375786

ISBN-10: 0073375780

ISBN-13: 9780073375786

Edition: 7th 2009

Authors: Arthur O'Sullivan

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The Seventh edition of Urban Economics continues to be the market leading textbook due to its thorough content and concise writing style. The new edition continues to cover urban economics as the discipline that lies at the intersection of geography and economics. Urban Economics incorporates the remarkable progress in the field of urban economics from the last fifteen years. It also explores the location decisions of utility-maximizing households and profit-maximizing firms, and it shows how these decisions cause the formation of cities of different size and shape. ..The framework of this edition continues to be divided into six sections: .-Part I explains why cities exist and what causes…

Book details

List price: $235.00
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 9/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English




Market Forces in the Development of Cities



Why Do Cities Exist?



Why Do Firms Cluster?



City Size



Urban Growth



Land Rent and Land-Use Patterns



Urban Land Rent



Land-Use Patterns



Neighborhood Choice



Zoning and Growth Controls



Urban Transportation



Externalities from Autos



Mass Transit



Urban Crime



Crime



Housing



Why is Housing Different?



Housing Policy



Local Government



The Role of Local Government



Local Government Revenue



Tools of Microeconomics