Readings in Urban Economics: Issues and Public Policy gathers popular press articles, reviews of applied economics literature, and regression-based empirical studies to examine pressing public policy issues in urban areas.Notes on Editor and Authors.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Introduction:.
1. Editorial Introduction: Robert W. Wassmer (Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Sacramento).
2. US Cities Coming Back from Decades of Decline: John Machacek (Writer, Gannett News Service).
Part II: Urban Growth:.
3. The Draw of Downtown: Big Growth Predicted for Many US Cities: Dorian Friedman (Writer, US News and World Report).
4. The State of the Cities: Downtown is Up: The Economist.
5. Urban Diversity and Economic Growth: John M. Quigley (Department of Economics and Goldman School of Public Policy; University of California, Berkeley).
6. Projecting Growth of Metropolitan Areas: Edwin S. Mills (Department of Finance, Northwestern University) and Luan Sende Lubuelle (Department of Economics, Northwestern University).
Further Reading Samples.
Discussion Questions.
Part III: Location, Land Use, and Urban Sprawl:.
7. Dreams of Fields: The New Politics of Urban Sprawl: Timothy Egan (Writer, The New York Times).
8. Al Gore Has A New Worry: George F. Will (Newsweek).
9. Urban Spatial Structure: Alex Anas (Department of Economics, University of Buffalo); Richard Arnott (Department of Economics, Boston College); and Kenneth A. Small (Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine).
10. How America's Cities are Growing: The Big Picture: Anthony Downs (Economic Studil39
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