Order without design : how markets shape cities / Alain Bertaud.

"This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. By contrast...

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Main Author: Bertaud, Alain (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2018]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Economists and urban planners : two visions of cities that need to be merged -- Cities as labor markets -- The formation of urban spatial structures : markets vs. design -- The spatial distribution of land prices and densities : the models developed by economists -- Mobility : transport is a real estate issue -- the design of urban roads and transport systems -- Affordability : households -- income, regulations, and land supply -- Alternative urban shapes and utopias -- Urban planners and urban economists have an important role to play if they manage to work together. 
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