Urban Economics: A Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780333771280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 539 str.

Paul N. Balchin; David Isaac; Jean Chen

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

PAUL BALCHIN is a reader in Urban Economics at the University of Greenwich. He is the co-author of Urban Land Economics and Public Policy, published by Macmillan in its fifth edition in 1995.

DAVID ISAAC is Professor of Real Estate Development at Greenwich University. He is the author of a number of texts in Property Investment and Development for Macmillan.

JEAN CHEN is a lecturer in Business Management at the University of Surrey.