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" City economics / "
Brendan O'Flaherty.
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BL
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992390
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b746760
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| Main Entry
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O'Flaherty, Brendan
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| Title & Author
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City economics /\ Brendan O'Flaherty.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :: Harvard University Press,, [2005]
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1 online resource (xii, 587 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0674019180
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: 0674041615
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: 9780674019188
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: 9780674041615
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0674019180
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9780674019188
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- 2. Why proximity is good -- 3. Cars, pollution, and accidents -- 4. Congestion -- 5. Mass transit -- 6. Land -- 7. Too many cars? Too much lawn? Too much blight? -- 8. Rules -- 9. Water, sewers, fire, and garbage -- 10. Education -- 11. Race and space -- 12. Race and policy -- 13. Housing : the big picture -- 14. Housing and poor people -- 15. Homelessness -- 16. Crime -- 17. Drugs, guns, and alcohol -- 18. Urban economic development -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
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| Abstract
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This introductory but innovative textbook on the economics of cities is aimed at students of urban and regional policy as well as of undergraduate economics. It deals with standard topics, including automobiles, mass transit, pollution, housing, and education but it also discusses non-standard topics such as segregation, water supply, sewers, garbage, fire prevention, housing codes, homelessness, crime, illicit drugs, and economic development.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Urban economics.
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Urban policy.
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Économie urbaine.
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Politique urbaine.
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Sociologie urbaine.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Urban Regional.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Stadtökonomie
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Urban economics.
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Urban policy.
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Stedelijk beleid.
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Stedelijke economie.
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Steden.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.9173/2
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| LC Classification
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HT321.O35 2005
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83.64bcl
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83.64.bcl
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88.60bcl
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88.60.bcl
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MS 1750rvk
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