TY - BOOK AU - Phatak, Vidyadhar & Others TI - Urban economics : Monsoon semester 2018 - Masters in Urban Planning & Masters in Urban Design SN - 10502092 U1 - 330 PY - 2018/// CY - Ahmedabad PB - CEPT Uni. KW - N1 - CONTENTS Preface ix Workshop Participants xvii Chapter Summaries xix About the Editors and Contributors xxiii Acknowledgments xxvii Abbreviations xxix 1. Urbanization and Growth: Setting the Context 1 Patricia Clarke Annez and Robert M. Buckley 2. Rethinking Economic Growth in a Globalizing World: An Economic Geography Lens 47 Anthony]. Venables 3. Are Cities Engines of Growth and Prosperity for Developing Countries? 67 Gilles Duranton 4. Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development 115 John M. Quigley 5. Spatial Inequality and Economic Development: Theories, Facts, and Policies 133 Sukkoo Kim 6. Housing Policy in Developing Countries: The Importance of the Informal Economy 167 Richard Amott 7. The U.S. Suhprime Mortgage Crisis: Issues Raised and Lessons Learned 197 Dwight M .Jaffee Index 237 ER -