LEADER 03003nam 22006494a 450 001 9910454930703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04161-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674041615 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786862 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122615 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135962 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122615 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144253 035 $a(PQKB)11702681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300089 035 $a(DE-B1597)457726 035 $a(OCoLC)1049675393 035 $a(OCoLC)1054878438 035 $a(OCoLC)979880307 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674041615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300089 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312794 035 $a(OCoLC)923109070 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786862 100 $a20050330d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCity economics$b[electronic resource] /$fBrendan O'Flaherty 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $axii, 587 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01918-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1. Introduction -- $tChapter 2. Why Proximity Is Good -- $tChapter 3. Cars, Pollution, And Accidents -- $tChapter 4. Congestion -- $tChapter 5. Mass Transit -- $tChapter 6. Land -- $tChapter 7. Too Many Cars? Too Much Lawn? Too Much Blight? -- $tChapter 8. Rules -- $tChapter 9. Water, Sewers, Fire, And Garbage -- $tChapter 10. Education -- $tChapter 11. Race And Space -- $tChapter 12. Race And Policy -- $tChapter 13. Housing: The Big Picture -- $tChapter 14. Housing And Poor People -- $tChapter 15. Homelessness -- $tChapter 16. Crime -- $tChapter 17. Drugs, Guns, And Alcohol -- $tChapter 18. Urban Economic Development -- $tEpilogue -- $tGlossary -- $tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aUrban economics 606 $aUrban policy 606 $aSociology, Urban 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban economics. 615 0$aUrban policy. 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 676 $a330.9173/2 686 $aMS 1750$2rvk 700 $aO'Flaherty$b Brendan$01026142 702 $aO'Flaherty$b Brendan, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454930703321 996 $aCity economics$92440892 997 $aUNINA