Urban Imperative Towards Competitive Cities
512 pages2015Oxford University PressISBN 9780199457779
UrbanizationDeveloping countries, economic conditionsFinanceCity planningUrban economicsEconomic conditionsWorld BankEntwicklungsländerStadtentwicklungAgglomerationseffektUrbanisierungEconomic history
About this book
Emphasizes the need to rethink cities to make them more competitive and people-centered, looking at challenges such as the changing economic landscape, city competitiveness, entrepreneurship, inclusion, informality, sustainability, and provision of essential services.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9780199457779
About Unknown Author
Edward L. Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He studies the economics of cities, housing, segregation, obesity, crime, innovation and other subjects, and writes about many of these issues for Economix. He serves as the director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1992. (*Source: Penguin USA*)
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