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Urban Economics: A Global Perspective

Paul N. Balchin
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Urban Economics: A Global Perspective

Paul N. Balchin
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Description

The purpose of this book is to provide a key text on urban economics in a global context. The book is driven by the themes of urban economics - urban growth, housing, property investment and development, etc. - and the different approaches to these themes taken in different regions of the world are introduced and exemplified in boxes within each chapter.

Table of Contents

Introduction
 Urban Growth
 The Spatial Structure of Urban Areas
 Housing
 The Location and Globalization of Economic Activity
 Urban Development and Renewal
 Property Development
 Property Investment
 Urban Planning, Land Policy and the Market
 Welfare Economics, the Environment and Urban Congestion
 Conclusions.

Product details

Published Mar 09 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 539
ISBN 9780333771280
Imprint Red Globe Press
Dimensions Not specified
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Paul N. Balchin

Philip McCann is Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at the University of Sheffield, UK…

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Mark A W Deng

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