Urban land economics

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Urban land economics

Jack Harvey and Ernie Jowsey

Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

6th ed

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Previous ed.: London: Macmillan, 2000

Includes index

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Description

The sixth edition of Urban Land Economics fully update the popular and well-established text examining economics as applied to property. It clearly shows how economic analysis can be applied to economic problems associated with land and explores ways in which the allocation of land resources can be improved. Urban Land Economics is an excellent course companion for courses in land and property economics. This edition has added features including chapter summaries and questions to make it the ideal course companion.

Table of Contents

Economic Efficiency Through the Price System.- Charactaristics of the Real Property Market.- Functions of the Real Property Market.- The Pricing of Land and Land Resources.- Investment in Real Property.- The Development Process.- The Timing and Rate of Redevelopment.- Finance for Development.- The Impact of Finance on the Commercial Property Market.- Comprehensive Redevelopment.- Public-Sector Development: Cost-Benefit Analysis.- The Economics of Planning Controls.- The Construction Industry.- Land Use and Land Values.- The Pattern of Urban Land Use.- The Growth of Urban Areas.- The Quality of the Urban Environment.- Housing.- Regional Policy.- The Impact of Government Macro Policy on Land and Property Resources.- Economic Theory and Public Finance.- The Incidence of Taxation on Land Resources.- UK Property and the EU.

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