CONTENTS // Preface v // Acknowledgments vii // PARTI ECONOMICS AND URBAN AREAS 1 // 1 Introduction to Urban Economics 3 // 2 World Urbanization 8 // 3 Schools of Thought in Urban Economics 30 // 4 Location Decisions, Agglomeration Economies, and the Origins of Cities 41 // 5 The Economic Functions of Cities 61 // PART II LOCATION PATTERNS IN URBAN AREAS 77 // 6 Introduction to Urban Location Patterns: Static Analysis 79 // 7 Using the Monocentric City Model 98 // 8 Empirical Testing of the Monocentric City Model 120 // PART III REAL ESTATE AND URBAN HOUSING 159 // 9 Real Estate Law and Institutions 161 // 10 Housing in Urban Areas 182 // 11 Housing Policy , 215 // 12 Real Estate Markets 234 // 13 Real Estate Development and Investment 245 // PART IV GOVERNMENT IN URBAN AREAS 261 // 14 The Public Sector in Urban Areas 263 // 15 Urban Infrastructure 296 // 16 Urban Transportation 316 // iii // iv Contents // PART V URBAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS 349 // 17 Urban Social Problems: A Case Study of Urban Areas of the Northeastern U.S. 351 // 18 Urban Poverty and its Spatial Concentration in the U.S. 361 // 19 Urban Poverty in Developing Countries 3gg // 20 Crime in Urban Areas 394 // 21 Education, Labor Markets, and Migration 405 // PARTY! URBAN GROWTH 423 // 22 Models of Metropolitan Economic Growth 425 // 23 Agglomeration Economies, Technical Change, and Urban Growth 457 // 24 Economic Development Policies for Urban Areas 4g7 // APPENDIX A REVIEW OF SOME MATHEMATICS AND MICROECONOMIC THEORY