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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454930703321

Autore

O'Flaherty Brendan

Titolo

City economics [[electronic resource] /] / Brendan O'Flaherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-04161-5

Descrizione fisica

xii, 587 p. : ill

Classificazione

MS 1750

Disciplina

330.9173/2

Soggetti

Urban economics

Urban policy

Sociology, Urban

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Why Proximity Is Good -- Chapter 3. Cars, Pollution, And Accidents -- Chapter 4. Congestion -- Chapter 5. Mass Transit -- Chapter 6. Land -- Chapter 7. Too Many Cars? Too Much Lawn? Too Much Blight? -- Chapter 8. Rules -- Chapter 9. Water, Sewers, Fire, And Garbage -- Chapter 10. Education -- Chapter 11. Race And Space -- Chapter 12. Race And Policy -- Chapter 13. Housing: The Big Picture -- Chapter 14. Housing And Poor People -- Chapter 15. Homelessness -- Chapter 16. Crime -- Chapter 17. Drugs, Guns, And Alcohol -- Chapter 18. Urban Economic Development -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This introductory but innovative textbook on the economics of cities is aimed at students of urban and regional policy as well as of undergraduate economics. It deals with standard topics, including automobiles, mass transit, pollution, housing, and education but it also discusses non-standard topics such as segregation, water supply, sewers, garbage, fire prevention, housing codes, homelessness, crime, illicit drugs, and economic development.