How India should urbanize and tackle the issue of planning and economics of cities is the main question that the book addresses.
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Planning and economics of cities: an overview -- The world is not flat: agglomeration, networking and cities -- India's spatial transformation: trends, challenges and opportunities -- Economics of urban land: a critique of master planning in India -- Economics of urban transport…
Social Economics and the Solidarity City explores the impact and potential of the social economy as a site of urban struggle, political mobilization and community organization. The search for alternatives to the neoliberal logic governing contemporary cities has often focused on…
Much of the world's economic activity takes place in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we have taken for granted for hundreds of years now. In this book Nicholas Phelps provides a guide to this uncharted territory within urban and economic geography. …
"In this extraordinary new book, Andrew Konove traces the history of illicit commerce in Mexico City from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, showing how it became central to the economic and political life of the city. The story centers on the untold history of the Barati…
For more than three hundred years, Mexico City's Baratillo marketplace was synonymous with crime, vice, and the most disreputable elements of urban society. Despite countless attempts to disband it, the Baratillo persevered, outlasting Spanish colonial rule and dozens of republi…
A pernicious commerce -- The Baratillo and the enlightened city -- Shadow economics -- The dictator, the Ayuntamiento, and the Baratillo -- Free trading in the restored republic -- Order, progress, and the black market -- Epilogue : the Baratillo and Tepito "In this extraordina…
"In this extraordinary new book, Andrew Konove traces the history of illicit commerce in Mexico City from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, showing how it became central to the economic and political life of the city. The story centers on the untold history of the Barati…
"In this extraordinary new book, Andrew Konove traces the history of illicit commerce in Mexico City from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, showing how it became central to the economic and political life of the city. The story centers on the untold history of the Barati…
"This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. …
"This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. …
Economists and urban planners : two visions of cities that need to be merged -- Cities as labor markets -- The formation of urban spatial structures : markets vs. design -- The spatial distribution of land prices and densities : the models developed by economists -- Mobility : t…
"This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. …