Urban economics and urban policy : challenging conventional policy wisdom
Cheshire, Paul C. & others
Urban economics and urban policy : challenging conventional policy wisdom - Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2016 - xii,237p.
CONTENTS
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
List of acronyms and abbreviations viii
Foreword by Ed Glaeser x
PART 1 : How do Urban Economies Work? Theory and Evidence
1. Introduction 1
2. Urban Economic Performance 11
3. Residential Segregation and People Sorting Within Cities 54
PART 2 : Land Use Regulation : The Need to be Guided by Markets But Not Obey Them
4. Planning for a Housing Crisis: Or the Alchemy by Which We Turn Houses into Gold 79
5. Planning and Economic Performance 104
6. Planning: Reforms that Might Work and Ones that Won't 127
PART 3 : Can Governance Make a Difference and What Can Policy Do?
7. Devolution, City Governance and Economic Performance 157
8. Urban Policies 185
PART IV : Conclusions : What Conventional Policy Wisdoms Do We Challenge?
9. Conclusions 221
Index 231
9781783475254
338.9 / CHE
Urban economics and urban policy : challenging conventional policy wisdom - Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2016 - xii,237p.
CONTENTS
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
List of acronyms and abbreviations viii
Foreword by Ed Glaeser x
PART 1 : How do Urban Economies Work? Theory and Evidence
1. Introduction 1
2. Urban Economic Performance 11
3. Residential Segregation and People Sorting Within Cities 54
PART 2 : Land Use Regulation : The Need to be Guided by Markets But Not Obey Them
4. Planning for a Housing Crisis: Or the Alchemy by Which We Turn Houses into Gold 79
5. Planning and Economic Performance 104
6. Planning: Reforms that Might Work and Ones that Won't 127
PART 3 : Can Governance Make a Difference and What Can Policy Do?
7. Devolution, City Governance and Economic Performance 157
8. Urban Policies 185
PART IV : Conclusions : What Conventional Policy Wisdoms Do We Challenge?
9. Conclusions 221
Index 231
9781783475254
338.9 / CHE