Urban Economics

Originally published in French as Le territoire européen: des racines aux enjeux globaux, this book reflects the enormous changes that Europe has s...

This book examines the relationship between the property market and urban economy. The stimulus for this work was provided by the seemingly ever-ac...

In the last few decades, urban quality of life has received increasing interest from policy makers who aim to make cities better places to live. In...

Focusing on a series of policy initiatives from the late 1960s through to the end of the 1970s, this book looks at how successive governments tried...

There is a large shortage of affordable housing across Europe. In highdemand urban areas housing shortages lead to unaffordable prices for many tar...

Understanding Metropolitan Landscapes considers and reflects on the fundamental relationships between metropolitan regions and their landscapes. It...

Planning for a City of Culture gives us a new way to understand how cities use arts and culture in planning, fostering livable communities and crea...

The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development. The scope...

Title first published in 2003. As more and more cities consider introducing urban road pricing schemes, this book describes, compares and contrasts...

Originally published in 1971, this volume contains papers invited for a conference on economic research relevant to national urban development held...

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of ...

This monograph analyses the role of border cities in promoting territorial development processes in border regions across the world. It not only em...

Motivated by the rapid increase in housing demand and the population of older adults worldwide, this book provides an interdisciplinary and multi-l...

The social impact of the Internet and new digital technologies is irrefutable, especially for adolescents. It is simply no longer possible to under...

In the light of digital transformation and the role of information and communication technologies for economic development, this volume discusses t...

The volume contains an editorial and nine contributions to the proceedings of the 14th international conference of the Faculty of Economics and Bus...

This edited volume discusses the concept of resilient cities within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Written by an international panel of...

This is a book about urban complexity how it evolves and how it gets destroyed. It explores the structures of interdependency which underpin citie...

Over the last decades waves of deindustrialization have swept across European countries leaving potential consequences across cities, regions, and ...

Auroville in Tamil Nadu, South India, is an internationally recognized endeavour in prefiguring an alternative society: the largest, most diverse, ...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 international license. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offere...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platfo...

For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen. Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing ...

This book proposes a heritage-based approach for the sustainable urban development of the historic cities. The rapid growth of the cities, under th...

This book couples data analytics with social behavioural studies and participatory design to derive deeper insights on city dwellers present needs ...

This book couples data analytics with social behavioural studies and participatory design to derive deeper insights on city dwellers present needs ...

This open access book offers valuable insights into experimenting with New European Bauhaus values and principles in urban transformation, drawing ...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Aligned with global trends in post-industrialization, the economy of Metro Vancouver is changing, but along its own trajectory. The focus is shifti...

The book discusses some of the issues related to proximity, challenges an acritical use of the concept and highlights several dimensions that may b...

When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the cos...