Urban Economics

by Arthur O'Sullivan

Urban Economics

Genres: Economics, Urban Planning, Nonfiction, Urbanism, Urban Studies, Urban, College

464 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Arthur O'Sullivan is an economist. Currently, he is a Professor of Economics at Lewis & Clark College. He has written several college textbooks on economics.

Reviews

[Jake Losh]

Urban Economics is a comprehensive and accessible text for anyone interested in applied microeconomics, public policy and urban planning. Ultimately, it's a catalog of cute applications of the tools of microeconomic theory. It should be required reading for anybody attempting to enter public service or politics.

[Rishabh Kori]

It is a great book for the one who is curious to know about the economy and market values. It provides detailed information about demand and supply curves and also about land rent and land use patterns.
purely a must read for every guy who is seeking his future towards business and management.

[Mj]

exceedingly boring prose. boring graphs. makes me want to scrape my eyes out with a blunt knife and fake my death and frame the author.

[Daniel]

An interesting and pretty zippy read that gives decent treatment to applied economics in an urban setting.

A few warnings, however. First, it is helpful to have previous or concurrent exposure to basic microeconomic theory before reading this (the book's appendix is decent, but short) as it's written with that assumption.

Second, this seems intended to be an introduction to the subject as simplifying assumptions are rife throughout (a la frictionless, airless environments in elementary physics).

Finally, this is understandably heavy on the economic interpretation of urban activities while giving short shrift to the challenges of actually implementing economically efficient solutions (if that would even be desirable by politicians). In their favor, the author does acknowledge that limitation and sells to address it in the latter few chapters.

To summarize, it's a quick and informative introduction to urban economics that should be paired with complimentary texts or lessons on urban policy or decision making.

[Shemoul]

if i get to read this book it may acuire knowledge to me

[Md Ebadat]

nice

[Bob]

If you like pretty graphs that show land rent gradients and auto externalities this is the book for you! Unfortunately this is a textbook that costs more than the gross national product of Zimbabwe. Save your money and buy the electronic version or the international edition.

[Sarah Wulan]

intersting