Urban economics and urban policy : challenging conventional policy wisdom

By:

Cheshire, Paul C. & others

Publication details: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2016Description: xii,237pISBN:

9781783475254

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.9 CHE

Contents:

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

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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

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