City and Country
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City and Country provides a comprehensive examination of the processes associated with the growth and expansion of a city and how current public policy, both in the areas of zoning and town planning, respond to this process. Some of the topics of the book include: * a novel statistical method for identifying employment centers in the polycentric city. * several essays deal with the amazing Zipf's law. * detailed case studies describing the experiences of major cities such as Phoenix, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; and Lloydminster, Canada. * historical papers challenging Paul Krugman's claim…mehr

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City and Country provides a comprehensive examination of the processes associated with the growth and expansion of a city and how current public policy, both in the areas of zoning and town planning, respond to this process. Some of the topics of the book include: * a novel statistical method for identifying employment centers in the polycentric city. * several essays deal with the amazing Zipf's law. * detailed case studies describing the experiences of major cities such as Phoenix, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; and Lloydminster, Canada. * historical papers challenging Paul Krugman's claim that an eoncomics dealing with the location of production had to wait until the end of the last century.
Autorenporträt
Laurence S. Moss now serves as editor of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. He is a Professor of Economics at Babson College and has served as the President of the History of Economics Society. He is also a well-known historian of economic thought. Moss is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and now serves on the Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.