Reconstructing urban economics : towards a political economy of the built environment /
Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of citi...
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London :
Zed Books Ltd,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Scaffolding the principles and values of reconstruction
- The urban challenge
- The urban economy
- Urban economic growth: globalisation, trade, and convergence
- Informal economies
- Urban poverty; socio-spatial inequality
- Housing
- Homo automobilus
- Sustainable urban development
- Conclusion: towards a political economy of the built environment.