Urban economics and real estate: theory and policy
McDonald, John F.McMillen, Daniel P.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc (Hoboken, NJ., 2011) (eng) English9780470591482Unknown2nd ed.URBAN ECONOMICS; UnknownUnique in its coverage, Urban Economics and Real Estate allows an instructor to teach separate courses in either urban economics or urban real estate, or a blend of the two topics. The portion on urban economics focuses on urban/suburban growth—physical as well as job growth. The interplay of federal government and local authorities is discussed, and the effects of social problems, such as crime, poverty, and education that often accompany these changes are discussed.
While the latest data sets available are utilized, Urban Economics’ emphasis is on economic analysis. The real estate chapters emphasize housing markets, appraisal, business investments, and their relationship to finance. New to this edition is extensive coverage of international issues in cities around the planet. Given the rapidly changing empirical side of urban demography, the text is accompanied by a website with new examples added annually and various discussions/tips about the latest data sets that become available.
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vii, 551 p.26 cm.ill.
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Economics and Urban Areas
Introduction to Urban Economics
World Urbanization
Schools of Thought in Urban Economics
Location Decisions, Agglomeration Economies, and the Origins of Cities
The Economic Functions of Cities
Part II: Location Patterns in Urban Areas
Introduction to Urban Location Patterns: Static Analysis
Using the Monocentric City Model
Empirical Testing of the Monocentric City Model
Part III: Real Estate and Urban Housing
Real Estate Law and Institutions
Housing in Urban Areas
Housing Policy
Real Estate Markets
Real Estate Development and Investment
Part IV: Government in Urban Areas
The Public Sector in Urban Areas
Urban Infrastructure
Urban Transportation
Part V: Urban Social Problems
Urban Social Problems: A Case Study of Urban Areas of the Northeastern U.S.
Urban Poverty and its Spatial Concentration in the U.S.
Urban Poverty in Developing Countries
Crime in Urban Areas
Education, Labor Markets, and Migration
Part VI: Urban Growth
Models of Metropolitan Economic Growth
Agglomeration Economies, Technical Change, and Urban Growth
Economic Development Policies for Urban Areas
Appendix A: Review of Some Mathematics and Microeconomic Theory
Answers to Selected Exercises
Index