Urban economics and real estate
Subtitle: theory and policy
By: John F. McDonald, Daniel P. McMillen
Contributors: McMillen, Daniel P
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, MA; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 619
Subjects: Urban economics; Real property; Real estate development; Real estate business; Urban policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction to urban economics; title: Schools of thought in urban economics; title: Location decisions, agglomeration economies, and the origins of cities; title: The economic functions of cities; title: Introduction to urban location patterns : static analysis; title: Using the monocentric city model; title: Empirical testing of the monocentric city model; title: Housing in urban areas; title: Housing policy in the United States; title: Real estate law and institutions; title: Real estate markets; title: Real estate development and investment; title: The public sector in urban areas; title: Urban transportation; title: An overview of urban social problems; title: Urban poverty and its spatial concentration; title: Crime in urban areas; title: Education, labor markets, and migration; title: Models of metropolitan economic growth; title: Agglomeration economies, technical change, and urban growth; title: Economic development policies for urban areas