Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe: Comparative Analysis and Policy

by Anita A. Summers, Paul C. Cheshire, Lanfranco Senn (Editor)

With particular emphasis on the role and effectiveness of public policy, this volume focuses on the what can be learned from a rigorous comparison of the patterns and processes of urban concentrations of residents and employment in western Europe and the United States? A wide range of methodological techniques are used-economic theory, econometrics, general economic analysis, regional science, and institutional historical analysis-with full recognition of the political, social, and economic factors underlying location decisions. This volume has a breadth of coverage that should make it a standard reference. Contributing authors include "Anthony Downs, Mark Alan Hughes, Dick Netzer, Lanfranco Senn and Gianluigi Gorla, Edwin S. Mills," and "Paul Cheshire."

770 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1993