Economics of cities
Subtitle: theoretical perspectives
By: edited by Jean-Marie Huriot, Jacques-François Thisse
Contributors: Huriot, Jean-Marie, 1945-; Thisse, Jacques François
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Urban economics; Cities and towns -- Growth; Economic development; Sociology, Urban
Description: "Because cities are likely to play an even more predominant role in the global economy in the future than they do at present, it is important to understand how urban centers are created, grow, and function in the process of generating and distributing wealth. This integrated collection of essays exploring the new economic theories concerning cities assembles recent work by a number of the world's leading experts in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, and Japan.

Topics investigated include cities and agglomeration, urban systems, urbanization and growth, and cities and factor markets."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The formation of economic agglomerations: old problems and new perspectives / Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-François Thisse; title: Urban economics in retrospect: continuity or change? / Catherine Baumont and Jean-Marie Huriot; title: City systems: general equilibrium approaches / Hesham M. Abdel-Rahman; title: Intra-industry specialization and urban development / Randy Becker and Vernon Henderson; title: A monopolistic competition model of urban systems and trade / Masahisa Fujita and Paul Krugman; title: Dynamic evolution of the size distribution of U.S. cities / Linda Harris Dobkins and Yannis M. Ioannides; title: Urban growth models with durable housing: an overview / Jan K. Brueckner; title: Urbanization, urban structure, and growth / Gilles Duranton; title: Urban spread beyond the city edge / Florence Goffette-Nagot; title: Unemployment in cities / Yves Zenou; title: Rural versus urban location: the spatial division of labor / Hubert Jayet; title: Cities and the geography of financial centers / Thomas Gehrig