Urban Economics
Author: Arthur O'Sullivan
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ISBN: 0072487844
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin (28 May, 2002)
Sales Rank: 632,149
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
A very comprehensive overview
I had "Urban Economics" for one of my urban planning courses at graduate school. It was a pleasure to study the principles and processes of city building, growth and dynamics, through this book. Every chapter in the book can be a title for a separate volume. So this is a very comprehensive overall general view of economics as a determinant of urban development and form. I particularly liked the chapters on Urban Poverty and Housing. The chapter on poverty explains issues like income transfers, food stamps and their effect on consumer behavior, problems of inner cities and development policies needed to change that.
Housing has a great chapter devoted to the peculiarities of housing as a commodity and the effect of race and discrimination on housing patterns. The most interesting part concerns the "filtering" of housing from the upper income to lower income populations.
Also explained is the auto oriented transportation vs mass transit and their specific roles in shaping cities.
Highly recommended. Easy to read and understand.
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