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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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.
About the Author
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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ABSTRACT. It is widely recognized that the analysis of economic growth in Henry George's Progress and Poverty was considerably influenced by the British classical tradition, especially the writings of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new economic geographers, metropolitan hosts, agglomerated region, land value taxation, impact fee program, development impact fees, metropolitan mix, new economic geography, leapfrog development, growth pole concept, real estate elites, development rights program, location quotient greater, purchasing development rights, real estate officials, infill area, voluntary city, patent rate, community entrepreneurship, dispersing force, employment centers, metropolitan employment, scattered development, infill projects, durable manufacturing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Kansas City, United States, New Zealand, Edge City, Maricopa County, Infill Housing Program, City of Phoenix Planning Department, Maricopa Association of Governments, Office of the City Clerk, Henry George, Arizona Republic, Los Angeles, Oxford University Press, City Council Report, World War, Armed Forces, Arizona State University, Department of Economics, Deputy City Manager, San Francisco, The World Bank, Alberta Sask, Department of Transportation, Paul Krugman New!
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ABSTRACT. It is widely recognized that the analysis of economic growth in Henry George's Progress and Poverty was considerably influenced by the British classical tradition, especially the writings of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new economic geographers, metropolitan hosts, agglomerated region, land value taxation, impact fee program, development impact fees, metropolitan mix, new economic geography, leapfrog development, growth pole concept, real estate elites, development rights program, location quotient greater, purchasing development rights, real estate officials, infill area, voluntary city, patent rate, community entrepreneurship, dispersing force, employment centers, metropolitan employment, scattered development, infill projects, durable manufacturing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Kansas City, United States, New Zealand, Edge City, Maricopa County, Infill Housing Program, City of Phoenix Planning Department, Maricopa Association of Governments, Office of the City Clerk, Henry George, Arizona Republic, Los Angeles, Oxford University Press, City Council Report, World War, Armed Forces, Arizona State University, Department of Economics, Deputy City Manager, San Francisco, The World Bank, Alberta Sask, Department of Transportation, Paul Krugman New!
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- The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith on page 60, page 77, and page 222
- The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics) by Karl Marx on page 75, page 76, and page 97
- Geography and Trade (Gaston Eyskens Lectures) by Paul Krugman in Front Matter, page 55, and page 146
- Social Justice and the City by Professor David Harvey on page 83, page 96, and page 312
- The Changing Social Geography of Canadian Cities (Canadian Association of Geographers Series in Canadian Geography) by Larry S. Bourne on page 369, page 370, and page 371
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- Critics of Henry George - Volume 2 (Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice) by Robert V. Andelson on page 209, and Back Matter
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