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Print Price: $154.99

Format:
Paperback
400 pp.
189 mm x 246 mm

ISBN-13:
9780199582006

Copyright Year:
2013

Imprint: OUP UK


Modern Urban and Regional Economics

Second Edition

Philip McCann

Modern Urban and Regional Economics explains the spatial economic underpinnings of the behaviour of urban and regional economies in order to highlight the differences between the two types of economy. The explicitly spatial approach enables the author to present both urban economics and regional economics within a single integrated framework, using clear model-based explanations from first principles and extensive graphic illustration of the theories discussed.

Online Resource Centre

For Lecturers:
* PowerPoints
* Figures from the book

For Students:
* Questions and cases

Readership : Suitable for second and third year undergraduate students taking Economics degrees. Also Msc students taking urban and regional economics courses. Economic geography, students of land management and students of urban and regional planning.

1. A World of Cities and Regions
2. Industrial Location: The Location of the Firm in Theory
3. The Spatial Distribution of Activities
4. The Spatial Structure of the Urban Economy
5. Regional Specialization, Trade, and Multiplier Analysis
6. Regional and Inter-Regional Labour Market Analysis
7. Regional Growth, Factor Allocation and Balance of Payments
8. Cities and Regions in the Modern Global Economy
9. Modern Urban and Regional Economic Policy Analysis

Online Resource Centre - http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/busecon/economics/mccann/

Philip McCann is a Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Groningen. He is also Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at The University of Waikato, New Zealand, and formerly Professor of Urban and Regional Economics in the Department of Economics at The University of Reading.

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Special Features

  • The book discusses Urban and Regional economics within a coherent and integrated framework, emphasizing the importance of geographical and spatial factors.
  • Model-based explanation from first principles and extensive graphic illustrations of the theories discussed make this the ideal introduction to both urban and regional economics.
  • Explains both classical approaches to the subject and the latest models, allowing students to gain a thorough understanding of the basic analytical techniques, as well as the most current, state of the art thinking in the field.
  • Technical appendices to each chapter allow students to follow up in more detail the main principles and theories being discussed in the text.