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Regional and urban economics and economic development : theory and methods / Mary E. Edwards.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : Auerbach Publications, c2007Description: xxxiii, 752 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780849383175 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 EDW 22 023356
Online resources:
Contents:
Nature and scope of regional and urban economics Part I. Market areas and firm location analysis Linear market areas Market areas and systems of cities Industrial location Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurs' preferences Spatial pricing decisions Part II. Regional growth and development Short-run income models Supply-based regional growth analysis Core-periphery models: distance counts Regional labor markets and migration Can government change a region's growth path? Part III. Urban land use and urban form Land rents and land-use patterns The housing market Transportation Growth controls, smart growth, and zoning Part IV. Urban problems and policy Local public finance Intergovernmental relations Income inequality and poverty Optimal local education policies Fighting crime
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 338.9 EDW 023356 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Course Reserve 023356

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nature and scope of regional and urban economics
Part I. Market areas and firm location analysis
Linear market areas
Market areas and systems of cities
Industrial location
Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurs' preferences
Spatial pricing decisions
Part II. Regional growth and development
Short-run income models
Supply-based regional growth analysis
Core-periphery models: distance counts
Regional labor markets and migration
Can government change a region's growth path?
Part III. Urban land use and urban form
Land rents and land-use patterns
The housing market
Transportation
Growth controls, smart growth, and zoning
Part IV. Urban problems and policy
Local public finance
Intergovernmental relations
Income inequality and poverty
Optimal local education policies
Fighting crime

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