Urban Economics

Published

2003

Publisher

McGraw-Hill/Irwin

ISBN-13

9780071199452

ISBN-10

0071199454

Pages

596

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

1 Introduction Part I Market Forces in the Development of Cities 2 Why Do Cities Exist? 3 Big and Small Cities 4 Where Do Firms Locate? 5 Urban Growth 6 Market Areas and Central Place Theory Part II Land Use Within Cities 7 Introduction to Land Rent 8 Land Use in a Monocentric City 9 Land Use in Modern Cities 10 Land Use Controls and Zoning Part III Urban Transportation 11 Autos and Highways 12 Mass Transit Part IV Urban Problems 13 Household Sorting 14 Urban Poverty 15 The Urban Education Problem 16 Urban Crime Part V Housing 17 Why is Housing Different? 18 Housing Policy Part VI Local Government 19 Local Government Spending 20 Local Government Revenue Appendix Tool of Microeconomics.