A01=John M. Hartwick
advanced urban economic theory
Author_John M. Hartwick
Average Income
Cafe Standard
Category=KCVS
census
Census Tract
Census Tract Data
city growth dynamics
cobb
Cobb Douglas Utility Function
commute
Commute Cost
Congestion Charge
cost
douglas
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
function
Government Good
Hexagonal Market Area
Higher Land Rent
Indifference Curve
labour productivity cities
land
Land Rent
Local Land Rents
Low Income Households
Mass Transit
Monocentric City
Non-basic Activities
rent
Rent Function
rents
Service Town
slum population analysis
Small Service Towns
suburban employment patterns
Tall Apartment Buildings
tract
transportation economics
United States
urban spatial modelling
Urban Wage Premium
Utility Level
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780765646170
- Weight: 830g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 06 Nov 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This textbook offers a rigorous, calculus based presentation of the complexities of urban economics, which is suitable for students who are new to the subject. It focuses on structural details and explains the elements that make cities such highly productive entities, and also explores explores the mechanisms of labour productivity enhancement that are unique to cities.
Written with a focus on location theory, key topics include:
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- How cities are arranged;
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- Housing prices;
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- Urban transportation;
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- Why some cities grow rapidly whilst others decline;
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- How wages adjust to local costs of living;
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- How suburbs function in relationship to the urban core;
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- Public finance.
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This book will be essential reading for Urban Economics courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
John M. Hartwick is Professor of Economics at Queen's University, Canada.
