The New Urban Economics: And Alternatives

by H.W. Richardson

Overview

This book was first published in 1977.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415860475
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2013
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

1. What is 'New Urban Economics'? 2. Antecedents 3. The standard NUE model 4. Implications and extensions of the standard model 5. The monocentric city 6. The multicentric city 7. More complex residential location patterns 8. Locational interdependence 9. Towards dynamics 10. An optimum geograpy 11. Two residential location models i. The possibility of positive rent gradients ii. Discontinuous densities, urban spatial structure, and growth 12. Alternatives to NUE 13. Political economy 14. Conclustion: are NUE models operational?