TY - BOOK AU - O'Sullivan, Arthur TI - Urban economics SN - 9780071276290 U1 - 330.91732 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Mcgraw-Hill KW - PL N1 - Part I: Market Forces in the Development of CitiesChapter-- 2: Why Do Cities Exist?Chapter-- 3: Why Do Firms Cluster?Chapter-- 4: City SizeChapter 5: Urban Growth-- Part II: Land Rent and Land-Use PatternsChapter-- 6: Urban Land RentChapter-- 7: Land-Use PatternsChapter-- 8: Neighborhood ChoiceChapter-- 9: Zoning and Growth Controls Part III: Urban TransportationChapter-- 10: Externalities from AutosChapter-- 11: Mass Transit Part IV: Urban CrimeChapter-- 12: Crime Part V: HousingChapter 13: Why is Housing Different?Chapter-- 14: Housing Policy-- Part VI: Local GovernmentChapter-- 15: The Role of Local Government Chapter-- 16: Local Government Revenue Appendix: Tools of Microeconomics N2 - Covers urban economics as the discipline that lies at the intersection of geography and economics. This title explores the location decisions of utility-maximizing households and profit-maximizing firms, and shows how these decisions cause the formation of cities of different size and shape. It incorporates the remarkable progress in the field ER -