03003nam 22006494a 450 991045493070332120200520144314.00-674-04161-510.4159/9780674041615(CKB)1000000000786862(SSID)ssj0000122615(PQKBManifestationID)11135962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122615(PQKBWorkID)10144253(PQKB)11702681(MiAaPQ)EBC3300089(DE-B1597)457726(OCoLC)1049675393(OCoLC)1054878438(OCoLC)979880307(DE-B1597)9780674041615(Au-PeEL)EBL3300089(CaPaEBR)ebr10312794(OCoLC)923109070(EXLCZ)99100000000078686220050330d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCity economics[electronic resource] /Brendan O'FlahertyCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press2005xii, 587 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01918-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThis 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.Urban economicsUrban policySociology, UrbanElectronic books.Urban economics.Urban policy.Sociology, Urban.330.9173/2MS 1750rvkO'Flaherty Brendan1026142O'Flaherty Brendan, MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454930703321City economics2440892UNINA