The Organization of Cities Initiative, ordinary life, and the good
This book focuses on the relationship between the state and economy in the development of cities. It reviews and reinterprets fundamental theoretical models that explain how the operation of markets in equilibrium shapes the scale and organization of the
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The Organization of Cities Initiative, Ordinary Life, and the Good Life
The Organization of Cities
John R. Miron
The Organization of Cities Initiative, Ordinary Life, and the Good Life
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John R. Miron University of Toronto Scarborough Toronto, ON Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-50099-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50100-0
ISBN 978-3-319-50100-0
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I dedicate this book to my three (adult) children: Peter, Marc, and Robert. The book raises questions. You, along with my former students and the next generation in general, will have to find answers to at least some of these questions or else live with the consequences. With all my love and hope, I wish each of you the best in this.
Preface
Urban Economy as Intellectual Project This is a book about the urban economy. The focus is on what gets produced, for whom, and how. The focus is also on urban areas and their role in a national or global economy. The intellectual project here concerns how we frame and thereby come to understand the ordinary lives of individuals who—acting with initiative (agency) in search of the good life —shape the urban economy. The subject area of this book covers six overlapping areas of scholarship: (1) economic perspectives on the urban economy; (2) land rent, real estate, and urban land economics; (3) culture, networks, social capital, communities, organizations, institutions, social areas, and urban ecology; (4) geographic perspectives; (5) urban planning; (6) statistical thinking about cities. In this preface, I identify principal early scholars, describe the significance of the urban economy in urban economics, urban geography, and urban sociolo
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