Urban economics books

A leading expert in urban development offers a powerful reappraisal of the role cities and their inhabitants have...  Read More >>

This book shows that technological complexity is an important factor in the formation of highly specific production...  Read More >>

Can regional mechanisms better institutionalize the increasing complexity of economic and security ties among the...  Read More >>

Intends to propose a methodological basis for regional development analysis based on vector calculus. This book...  Read More >>

Examines the theory underlying different instruments of land-based finance, such as betterment levies, developer...  Read More >>

Spatial Econometrics is a field born from the joint efforts of economists, statisticians, econometricians and regional...  Read More >>

Our society's scientific paradigm prevents us from benefiting from the processes of invention and innovation. This...  Read More >>

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Cities provide for people, not just functionally in terms of jobs, obligations and practical pursuits, but also,...  Read More >>

Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into...  Read More >>

Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into...  Read More >>

This book offers empirical insight into industrial clustering in the Irish context and in particular inter-firm...  Read More >>

An overview of the localist movement in the United States, from buy local campaigns to urban agriculture, and...  Read More >>

This volume investigates the dynamics of regional performance in advanced countries and the mechanisms that allow...  Read More >>

Telecommunications are recognized as a key component in the infrastructure of economic development. For many years,...  Read More >>

During the 1980s the Marshallian concept of industrial district (ID) became widely popular due to the resurgence...  Read More >>

This volume investigates the dynamics of regional performance in advanced countries and the mechanisms that allow...  Read More >>

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Place branding is happening. A new field of practice and study is in existence and whatever we choose to call itthere...  Read More >>

Making Cities Work brings together leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives...  Read More >>

This book studies the links between urban economics and labor economics. Different models of urban labor economic...  Read More >>

Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths...  Read More >>

Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into...  Read More >>

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Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, the Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs is...  Read More >>