{"product_id":"9781461372455","title":"An Essay on Urban Economic Theory","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAn Essay on Urban Economic Theory\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePapageorgiou, Yorgos Y.; Pines, David\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the past thirty years, urban economic theory has been one  of the most active areas of urban and regional economic research. Just  as static general equilibrium theory is at the core of modern  microeconomics, so is the topic of this book - the static  allocation of resources within a city and between cities - at  the core of urban economic theory. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAn Essay on Urban Economic Theory\u003c\/em\u003e well reflects the state of the  field. Part I provides an elegant, coherent, and rigorous presentation  of several variants of the monocentric (city) model - as the  centerpiece of urban economic theory - treating equilibrium,  optimum, and comparative statistics. Part II explores less familiar  and even some uncharted territory. The monocentric model looks at a  single city in isolation, taking as given a central business district  surrounded by residences. Part II, in contrast, makes the intra-urban  location of residential and non-residential activity the outcome of  the fundamental tradeoff between the propensity to interact and the  aversion to crowding; the resulting pattern of agglomeration may be  polycentric. Part II also develops models of an urbanized economy with  trade between specialized cities and examines how the  market-determined size distribution of cities differs from the  optimum. \u003cbr\u003e  This book launches a new series, \u003cem\u003eAdvances in Urban and Regional\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cem\u003eEconomics\u003c\/em\u003e. The series aims to provide an outlet for longer  scholarly works dealing with topics in urban and regional economics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9781461372455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461372455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-4947-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 316\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44359237009548,"sku":"9781461372455","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461372455_0c5565bc-c849-4aa6-877e-cc66ba15a146.jpg?v=1755105798","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781461372455","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}