International handbook of urban policy (Vol.2) :  issues in the developed world / 
Edited by H.S.Geyer 
 - Cheltenham:  Edward Elgar,  2009. 
 - xiv, 326 p. 
 - International Handbook of Urban Policy; Vol.2. .
<br/><br/> Vol.2. Issues in the Developed World  
<br/><br/>PART ONE THE URBAN POLICY CONTEXT; 1. Introduction: the policy context of urbanization; PART TWO EVOLVING URBAN SYSTEMS; 2. Differential urbanization trends in Europe: the European case; 3. Large urban economies: the role of knowledge and ICT infrastructure; 4. World cities: organizational networking and the global urban hierarchy; PART THREE FORCES OF SPATIAL ECONOMIC CHANGE; 5. The new economic geography: a simple exposition; 6. Land markets and their regulation: the economic impacts of planning. 
<br/><br/> Brings together a range of viewpoints on a range of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. This work covers a wide range of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and development progress as well as the livability of cities in the Occident. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847204592 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Urban policy.<br/>Urban economics.<br/>Cities and towns.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76  / INT