This book provides both an accessible introduction to the economy of cities and an original perspective on what needs to be fixed if cities are to be places of economic opportunity and social cohesion.
This book provides both an accessible introduction to the economy of cities and an original perspective on what needs to be fixed if cities are to be places of economic opportunity and social cohesion.
Mario Polèse is professor emeritus at INRS, a research university, Centre Urbanisation Culture Societé in Montreal, Canada. Books authored or coauthored include The Wealth and Poverty of Regions; Connecting Cities with Macroeconomic Concerns; The Social Sustainability of Cities.
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* Contents * Introduction - In Search of the Foundations of Urban (Economic) Success and Failure * Chapter 1 - Urban (Economic) Success is never a Straight Line: New York, Vienna, and other Urban Journeys * Chapter 2 - Creating Wealth: It Takes a City, and also Much More * Chapter 3 - Shaping Cities and the Social Relationships within them: Cars, Boundaries, and the Provision of People Services * Chapter 4 - Diverging Neighbors: A Tale of Disastrous Decline and Extraordinary Good Fortune * Chapter 5 - Shaping the Local Economic Environment: Corruption, Clusters, Education, and a Glue * Chapter 6 - Montreal: Story of a Successful (but Costly) Social Revolution * Chapter 7 - Shaping the Playing Field: Costs, Connectivity, and the Battle for Markets, Brains, and the Top Spot * Chapter 8 - Paris: Greatness Threatened * Conclusion - Why Cities Fail (Mainly, but not solely, an American Story) * Bibliography
* Contents * Introduction - In Search of the Foundations of Urban (Economic) Success and Failure * Chapter 1 - Urban (Economic) Success is never a Straight Line: New York, Vienna, and other Urban Journeys * Chapter 2 - Creating Wealth: It Takes a City, and also Much More * Chapter 3 - Shaping Cities and the Social Relationships within them: Cars, Boundaries, and the Provision of People Services * Chapter 4 - Diverging Neighbors: A Tale of Disastrous Decline and Extraordinary Good Fortune * Chapter 5 - Shaping the Local Economic Environment: Corruption, Clusters, Education, and a Glue * Chapter 6 - Montreal: Story of a Successful (but Costly) Social Revolution * Chapter 7 - Shaping the Playing Field: Costs, Connectivity, and the Battle for Markets, Brains, and the Top Spot * Chapter 8 - Paris: Greatness Threatened * Conclusion - Why Cities Fail (Mainly, but not solely, an American Story) * Bibliography
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