City and Country: An Interdisciplinary Collection (Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue) - Hardcover

 
9780631228844: City and Country: An Interdisciplinary Collection (Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0631228845 ISBN 13: 9780631228844
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

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The sixteen ground-breaking essays in this volume examine the processes by which cities grow and how current public policy, both in the area of zoning and town planning respond to this process.

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Laurence S. Moss now serves as editor of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. He is a Professor of Economics at Babson College and has served as the President of the History of Economics Society. He is also a well-known historian of economic thought. Moss is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and now serves on the Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

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City and Country provides a comprehensive examination of the processes associated with the growth and expansion of a city and how current public policy, both in the areas of zoning and town planning, respond to this process.


Some of the topics of the book include:


  • a novel statistical method for identifying employment centers in the polycentric city.
  • several essays deal with the amazing Zipf’s law.
  • detailed case studies describing the experiences of major cities such as Phoenix, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; and Lloydminster, Canada.
  • historical papers challenging Paul Krugman’s claim that an eoncomics dealing with the location of production had to wait until the end of the last century.

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City and Country provides a comprehensive examination of the processes associated with the growth and expansion of a city and how current public policy, both in the areas of zoning and town planning, respond to this process.


Some of the topics of the book include:


  • a novel statistical method for identifying employment centers in the polycentric city.
  • several essays deal with the amazing Zipf’s law.
  • detailed case studies describing the experiences of major cities such as Phoenix, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; and Lloydminster, Canada.
  • historical papers challenging Paul Krugman’s claim that an eoncomics dealing with the location of production had to wait until the end of the last century.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0631228845
ISBN 13 
9780631228844
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
439
Herausgeber
Moss Laurence S.
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