International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 2

Edited by H. S. Geyer

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This Handbook brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and development progress as well as the livability of cities in the Occident.

Keywords: Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781847204592
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: The Policy Context of Urbanization

M. Pacione

Ch 2 Differential Urbanization Trends in Europe: The European Case

E. Heikkilä and H. Kaskinoro

Ch 3 Large Urban Economies: The Role of Knowledge and ICT Infrastructure

P. van Hemert, M. van Geenhuizen and Peter Nijkamp

Ch 4 World Cities: Organizational Networking and the Global Urban Hierarchy

P.J. Taylor

Ch 5 The New Economic Geography: A Simple Exposition

Dieter Urban

Ch 6 Land Markets and their Regulation: The Economic Impacts of Planning

Paul Cheshire and Wouter Vermeulen

Ch 7 The Continuing Urban Form Controversy: Towards Bridging the Divide

H.S. Geyer

Ch 8 Spatial Planning and Institutional Design: What Can We Expect From Transaction Cost Economics?

F. Moulaert and A. Mehmood

Ch 9 The Economy of the Large European City: The Social Nature of Articulated Rationality

F. Moulaert and J. Nussbaumer

Ch 10 E-Government: Turning the Digital Divide into a Digital Dividend in Manchester (UK)

D. Carter

Ch 11 International Labour Migration in the EU: Likely Social and Economic Implications

T. El-Cherkeh

Ch 12 Immigration in the USA: Evolving Demographic Contexts, Geographies and Policy Debates

D.A. Plane and L. Hoffman

Ch 13 Winds of Change: Controversies Underlying the Urban Policy Debate

H.S. Geyer

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