Urban economics books

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Property Tax in BRICS Megacities: Local Government Financing and Financial Sustainability

Property Tax in BRICS Megacities: Local Government Financing...

Author: Marco Salm
ISBN: 9783319626703
Format: Hardback
$232.85

The overall objective of the book is to holistically assess the property tax systems in BRICS megacities. As megacities...  Read More >>

Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in “The Best Location in the Nation”

Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in “The Best...

Author: J. Mark Souther
ISBN: 9781439913734
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Detractors have called it ""The Mistake on the Lake."" It was once America’s ""Comeback City."" According to author...  Read More >>

Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in “The Best Location in the Nation”

Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in “The Best...

Author: J. Mark Souther
ISBN: 9781439913727
Format: Hardback
$244.20

Detractors have called it ""The Mistake on the Lake."" It was once America’s ""Comeback City."" According to author...  Read More >>

Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space: Lasting Legacies?

Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban...

Author: Robert Oliver ,  John Lauermann
ISBN: 9781137598226
Format: Hardback
$113.95

This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit...  Read More >>

Urban Sociology: An Introduction to the Study of Urban Communities

Urban Sociology: An Introduction to the Study of Urban...

Author: Sudha Menon
ISBN: 9781773613338
Format: Hardback
$398.48

Provides an account of the development of urban communities to help understand these communities. The book provides...  Read More >>

Greater than Ever: New York's Ultimate Comeback Story

Greater than Ever: New York's Ultimate Comeback Story...

Author: Daniel L. Doctoroff
ISBN: 9781610396073
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The former deputy mayor of New York City tells the story of the city's comeback after 9/11, offering lessons in...  Read More >>

City Making and Global Labor Regimes: Chinese Immigrants and Italy's Fast Fashion Industry

City Making and Global Labor Regimes: Chinese Immigrants...

Author: Antonella Ceccagno
ISBN: 9783319599809
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Based on the author’s 15 years of fieldwork in Prato, the book sheds light on the entangled processes of city making...  Read More >>

Economic Ethics & the Black Church

Economic Ethics & the Black Church

Author: Wylin D. Wilson
ISBN: 9783319663470
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book examines the relationship between race, religion, and economics within the black church. The book features...  Read More >>

The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets

The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring...

Author: Caroline Shenaz Hossein
ISBN: 9781137602787
Format: Hardback
$260.95

This pioneering book explores the meaning of the term “Black social economy,” a self-help sector that remains autonomous...  Read More >>

Cities for Profit: The Real Estate Turn in Asia’s Urban Politics

Cities for Profit: The Real Estate Turn in Asia’s Urban...

Author: Gavin Shatkin
ISBN: 9781501711138
Format: Paperback
$72.42

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The Political Economy of Capital Cities

The Political Economy of Capital Cities

Author: Heike Mayer ,  Fritz Sager
ISBN: 9781138681439
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Capital cities that are not the dominant economic centers of their nations – so-called ‘secondary capital cities’...  Read More >>

Measuring Regional Specialisation: A New Approach

Measuring Regional Specialisation: A New Approach

Author: Katarzyna Kopczewska ,  Paweł Churski
ISBN: 9783319515045
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book explores statistical models in regional specialization, presenting a brand new measure. It begins by reviewing...  Read More >>

Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge: 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2016

Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge: 6th International...

Author: Mirela Altic ,  Imre Josef Demhardt
ISBN: 9783319615141
Format: Hardback
$465.72

This book gathers 22 papers which were presented at the 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the...  Read More >>

Another City is Possible: Alternatives to the City as Commodity: Participatory Budgeting

Another City is Possible: Alternatives to the City as...

Author: Yves Cabannes ,  Cecilia Delgado
ISBN: 9781551646404
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Written in an accessible style, providing up-to-date resources across multiple languages and animated throughout...  Read More >>

Cycles in the UK Housing Economy: Price and its Relationship with Lenders, Buyers, Consumption and Construction

Cycles in the UK Housing Economy: Price and its Relationship...

Author: David Gray
ISBN: 9783319633473
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This book uses empirical research to examine fluctuations and periodicities in housing markets in the United Kingdom....  Read More >>

Regional Economic Development and Policy: Theory and Practice in the European Community

Regional Economic Development and Policy: Theory and...

Author: David Pinder (University of Plymouth, UK)
ISBN: 9781138101982
Format: Hardback
$147.00

Originally published in 1983, when Europe’s economies were facing the worst recession since the 1930s, this book...  Read More >>

Social Dynamics of the Urban: Studies from India

Social Dynamics of the Urban: Studies from India

Author: N. Jayaram
ISBN: 9788132237402
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This volume emphasises the sociological view that cities are primarily about people, not places or buildings, and...  Read More >>

The Shared Space: The Two Circuits of the Urban Economy in Underdeveloped Countries

The Shared Space: The Two Circuits of the Urban Economy...

Author: Milton Santos ,  Chris Gerry
ISBN: 9781138102248
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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City-systems in Advanced Economies: Past Growth, Present Processes and Future Development Options

City-systems in Advanced Economies: Past Growth, Present...

Author: Allan Pred
ISBN: 9781138032200
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1977. This book offers answers to two interrelated questions about the modern city relating...  Read More >>

Regional Development: Problems and Policies in Eastern and Western Europe

Regional Development: Problems and Policies in Eastern...

Author: George Demko
ISBN: 9781138101937
Format: Hardback
$179.00

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