The Oxford handbook of urban economics and planning

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brooks, Nancy 1963- (Editor), Donaghy, Kieran (Editor), Knaap, Gerrit 1956- (Editor)
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2012].
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Teaching Urban Economics to Planners and the Role of Urban Planning to Economists Nancy Brooks
  • Principles of Planning for Economists Gerrit-Jan Knaap.
  • What Planners Need to Know about the "New Urban Economics Richard Arnott.
  • Managing Change in Urban Infrastructure Systems Kieran P. Donaghy.
  • Urban Structure and Economic Growth Harry W. Richardson.
  • Discovering the Efficiency of Urban Sprawl Alex Anas.
  • Urban Decentralization, Suburbanization, and Sprawl : An Equity Perspective Wim Wiewel.
  • The Role of Industrial Clustering and Increasing Returns to Scale in Economic Development and Urban Growth Philip McCann.
  • Social Interactions within Cities: Neighborhood Environments and Peer Relationships Stephen L. Ross.
  • Does Working Together Prevent Crime? Social Capital, Neighborhoods, and Crime David Sloane
  • The Drug War and Inner-City Neighborhoods William W. Goldsmith.
  • Homelessness in the United States Brendan O'Flaherty.
  • Urban Poverty, Economic Segregation, and Urban Policy Paul A. Jargowsky
  • Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities Leah Platt Boustan.
  • Spatial Assimilation and Its Discontents: The Changing Geography of Immigrant Integration in Metropolitan America Manuel Pastor.
  • Gentrification: Perspectives of Economists and Planners Katharine O'Regan.
  • Economic and Planning Approaches to Natural Disasters Stephanie E. Chang.
  • Housing Markets, Prices, and Policies Richard K. Green.
  • The Economics of Zoning cDaniel P. McMillen.
  • Exclusionary Land-Use Policies: Economic Rationales and Legal Remedies Casey J. Dawkins.
  • Infill Development: Perspectives and Evidence from Economics and Planning cKeith Wiley.
  • The Economics of New Urbanism and Smart Growth: Comparing Price Gains and Costs between New Urbanist and Conventional Developments Mark Stevens.
  • Toward a Second Generation of Land-Use/Travel Models: Theoretical and Empirical Frontiers Zhan Gu.
  • Transportation Economics for Planners in the Twenty-First Century Roger Vickerman.
  • Transportation Policy: Public Transit, Settlement Patterns, and Equity in the United States Genevieve Giuliano.
  • Urban Education: Location and Opportunity in the United States Kuzey Yilmaz.
  • The Role of the Workforce Development System in the Economic Development of Urban Areas Kevin Hollenbeck.
  • The Roles of Tax Incentives and Other Business Incentives in Local Economic Development Randall Eberts.
  • The Interface of Urban Economics and Urban Planning in Local Economic Development Practice Richard Schramm.
  • Framing Urban Systems and Planning Concerns as a Multilevel Problem: A Review of the Integrated Urban System Models with an Emphasis on Their Hierarchical Structures Geoffrey J. D. Hewings.
  • Fiscal Impact Analysis and the Costs of Alternative Development Patterns Terry Moore.
  • Addressing Local Fiscal Disparities Tracy M. Gordon.
  • Land-Use Regulations and Property Values: The "Windfalls Capture" Idea Revisited Rachelle Alterman.
  • The High-Rise and the Slum: Speculative Urban Development in Mumbai Rahul Srivastava.
  • Housing Informality: An Economist's Perspective on Urban Planning Ciro Biderman.
  • Transportation in African Cities: An Institutional Perspective Margaret Grieco.
  • Globalization and Urban Growth in the Developing World with Special Reference to Asian Countries Amitahh Kundu.
  • Third World Urban Migration as a Global Sustainability Challenge Thomas Vietorisz.
  • Urbanization in Japan, South Korea, and China: Policy and Reality Xingshuo Zhao.