02866nam 2200565 450 991080881410332120210311111955.01-350-22218-61-78360-661-410.5040/9781350222182(CKB)3710000000831209(EBL)4652423(OCoLC)957436964(MiAaPQ)EBC4652423(CaBNVSL)9781350222182(EXLCZ)99371000000083120920210311h20212016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierReconstructing urban economics towards a political economy of the built environment /Obeng-Odoom, FranklinLondon, England :Zed Books,2016.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78360-660-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-273) and index.Scaffolding the principles and values of reconstruction --The urban challenge --The urban economy --Urban economic growth: globalisation, trade, and convergence --Informal economies --Urban poverty; socio-spatial inequality --Housing --Homo automobilus --Sustainable urban development --Conclusion: towards a political economy of the built environment."Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities and regions in built-environment economics. In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom draws on institutional, Georgist, and Marxist economics to clearly but comprehensively show what the key issues are today in thinking about urban economics. In doing so, he demonstrates the widespread tensions and contradictions in the status quo, demonstrating how to reconstruct urban economics in order to create a more just society and environment."--Back cover.Urban economicsUrban economicsbicsscHousing & homelessnessbicsscEconomic geographybicsscUrban & municipal planningbicsscUrban economics.Urban economicsHousing & homelessnessEconomic geographyUrban & municipal planning330.91732Obeng-Odoom Franklin1654651YDXCPCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910808814103321Reconstructing urban economics4006624UNINA