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The city as a trading entity -- Land use for the simplified city -- Distinct income classes and suburban employment -- Wages, agglomeration and migration -- Basics of location economics -- Growth of cities -- Transportation -- Housing -- The public sector -- Populations, slums and planning

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Urban Growth -- 3 The Spatial Structure of Urban Areas -- 4 Housing -- 5 The Location and Globalization of Urban Economic Activity -- 6 Urban Development and Renewal -- 7 Property Development -- 8 Property Investment -- 9 Urban Planning, Land Policy and the Market -- 10 Welfare Economics, the Environment and Urban Congestion -- 11 Conclusions -- Index.

Introduction to Urban Economics offers a complete and self-contained coverage of urban economics. This book analyzes the economic rationale and growth and development of cities, theory and empirical analysis of urban markets, and problems and policies of urban economies. This text is divided into inter- and intra-urban analysis. Discussions on inter-urban analysis comprise Chapters 1 to 3 that include an introduction to urban economics, economic history of urban areas, and economics of urban growth. The rest of the chapters that cover intra-urban analysis describe the theories of urban markets