The organization of cities : initiative, ordinary life, and the good life /: initiative, ordinary life, and the good life. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John R. Miron.
• Authors: Miron, John R
• Contents: Preface -- Part A. Background Ideas -- Chapter 1. The state, decentralization and entitlement, and the organization of cities -- Chapter 2. State, economy, and city: a reconstruction -- Chapter 3. Explaining the rise of commercial cities. -- Part B. The Mills model -- Chapter 4 -- A modern perspective on the urban economy: Mills model -- Part C. Export and factor markets -- Chapter 5. A simple model of a oneNindustry town -- Chapter 6. Land for worker accommodation in a one industry ribbon town -- Chapter 7. Land for industry in a one industry ribbon town -- Chapter 8. A simple model of an urban economy with multiple industries -- Chapter 9. Land for worker accommodation in a multi industry ribbon town -- Chapter 10. Land for industry in a multi industry ribbon town -- Chapter 11. Substitution and the urban economy -- Part D. Real estate and fixed capital investment markets -- Chapter 12. Real estate and the urban economy -- Chapter 13. Risk, investment, and the urban economy -- Part E. Transportation, land use planning, and the urban economy -- Chapter 14. Districting in the urban economy -- Chapter 15. Commuting and the urban economy -- Chapter 16. A simple model of land use planning in the urban economy -- Chapter 17. Nuisance, zoning, and the urban economy -- Chapter 18. Transportation planning and the urban economy -- Part F. Synthesis -- Chapter 19. Herbert-Stevens -- Chapter 20. Ripper-Varaiya -- Chapter 21. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.91732; Economics; Urban economics; Political planning; Regional planning; City planning; Public administration; Management science; Public policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; City planning; Political planning; Public administration; Regional planning; Urban economics; Law -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Public administration; Regional & area planning; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Urban economics; Economics; Urban Economics; Public Administration; Public Policy; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319501000; 3319501003
• Related ISBNs: 3319500996; 9783319500997
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-509) and index.
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