City Economics

by Brendan O'Flaherty

Book Overview

This introductory but innovative textbook on the economics of cities is aimed at students of urban and regional policy as well as of undergraduate economics. It deals with standard topics, including automobiles, mass transit, pollution, housing, and education but it also discusses non-standard topics such as segregation, water supply, sewers, garbage, fire prevention, housing codes, homelessness, crime, illicit drugs, and economic development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019180
• ISBN13: 9780674019188
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.2" x 9.8"