Economics of Cities
Subtitle: Theoretical Perspectives
Contributors: Jean-Marie Huriot (Editor); Jacques-François Thisse (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780521641906
Subjects: Economic geography; Economics; Urban & Regional; Economic History; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology, Urban; Sociology - Urban; Economic development; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Urban & Regional; Social Science-Sociology - Urban; Urban economics; Cities and towns; Growth
First sentence: "Nearly half the world's population and three-quarters of all westerners live in cities" (The Economist, July 29, 1995).