Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning

Name: Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning
Brand: OXFORD UNIV PR
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By Nancy Brooks

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This volume embodies a problem-driven and theoretically informed approach to bridging frontier research in urban economics and urban/regional planning. The authors focus on the interface between these two subdisciplines that have historically had an uneasy relationship. Although economists were among the early contributors to the literature on urban planning, many economists have been dismissive of a discipline whose leading scholars frequently favor regulations over market institutions, equity over efficiency, and normative prescriptions over positive analysis. Planners, meanwhile, even as they draw upon economic principles, often view the work of economists as abstract, not sensitive to institutional contexts, and communicated in a formal language spoken by few with decision making authority. Not surprisingly, papers in the leading economic journals rarely cite clearly pertinent papers in planning journals, and vice versa. Despite the historical divergence in perspectives and methods, urban economics and urban planning share an intense interest in many topic areas: the nature of cities, the prosperity of urban economies, the provision of urban services, efficient systems of transportation, and the proper allocation of land between urban and environmental uses. In bridging this gap, this book highlights the best scholarship in planning and economics that addresses the most pressing urban problems of our day and will stimulate further dialog between scholars in urban planning and urban economics.

Product details

Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 1028
Release Date:: 2011-12-15
Publication Date:: 2011-12-15
Publisher:: OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0195380622
ISBN13:: 9780195380620
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 1913 g
Height:: 17.5 cm
Width:: 25 cm
Thickness:: 5.9 cm

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