Urban Economics

Adopting a practitioner’s perspective, theoretically grounded and international in scope, this book is unique in its focus and endeavours to connect theory with practice.Through an interdisciplinary and strategic approach, this book explores the challenges and options in managing the contemporary ci..

_x005F_x000D_ New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities offers a vivid contribution to our understanding of the ongoing transformation of Asia’s urban system, including the critical intersections of global and local-regional dynamics in processes of new industry formation and the relayering of space in th..

This book presents a critical analysis of the ‘resource curse’ doctrine and a review of the international evidence on oil and urban development to examine the role of oil on property development and rights in West Africa’s new oil metropolis - Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. This author shows how instituti..

Originally published in 1977. This book provides the first concise non-technical account of what the main kinds of regional problems are, how they arise, and the kinds of policy which have been used to tackle them in the UK, USA and Western Europe...

Originally published in 1977. This book provides an introduction to some of the more important techniques of regional analysis and describes the way some of these techniques have been applied in the identification of problems, development of strategy and evaluation of regional programmes...

Rural-Urban Relationships in the Nineteenth Century is a collection of 12 new essays, presented in four sections which highlight key examples of these rural/urban encounters. They explore the changing working practices, the impact of modernity, and different perceptions of social mobility, and exami..

This book constructs a comprehensive and methodical economic, planning and decision-making framework for the evaluation of proposed transportation infrastructure investment projects, based on well-established theoretical principles...

This book constructs a comprehensive and methodical economic, planning and decision-making framework for the evaluation of proposed transportation infrastructure investment projects, based on well-established theoretical principles...

The New Economy of the Inner City presents a penetrating analysis of contemporary new industry formation and its theoretical signifiers, derived from compelling case studies situated in four global cities: London, Singapore, San Francisco and Vancouver...

Aims to change the way Americans think about their cities. This book provides an economic and social history of urban America, covering the 29 largest urban areas of that period. It draws on the concepts of the vicious circle and the virtuous circle to offer an explanation for the transition from ur..

Focuses on the role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems. This book provides a systematic treatment of the problems and issues involved in urban and regional policy concerns. It covers the key policy issues that confront contemporary metropolitan areas, including transpor..

Focuses on the role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems. This book provides a systematic treatment of the problems and issues involved in urban and regional policy concerns. It covers the key policy issues that confront contemporary metropolitan areas, including transpor..