"Urban Economics and Urban Policy" pulls together cutting-edge developments in urban and regional economics and draws out their implications for urban policy. This new urban economics goes beyond simple comparative advantage and cost competitiveness of cities, and beyond simple views of capital...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 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...