Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment

Cover
About the author
Title page
Copyright
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Dedication
Introduction: dissent and reconstruction
	Introduction
	Aims of the book
	Structure and roadmap of the book
Part One. Establishing principles for urban progress
	1. Scaffolding the principles and values of reconstruction
		Introduction
		The built environment and urban economics
		Institutional political economy
		General guiding framework for the rest of the book
		Conclusion
	2. The urban challenge
		Introduction
		Formation of cities
		Institutionalist, Marxist, and Georgist assessments of urban growth and urban systems
		Conclusion
	3. The urban economy
		Introduction
		Economic base/basic, non-basic
		A neoclassical urban economic anatomy and spatial microeconomics
		A Marxist urban economics approach
		The framing of the urban economy used for this book
		Conclusion
Part Two. Analysing material conditions in cities
	4. Urban economic growth: globalisation, trade, and convergence
		Introduction
		The spatial economy: cities, international trade, and globalisation
		Institutions, globalisation, and cities
		Urban economic growth, distribution, and employment
		Conclusion
	5. Informal economies
		Introduction
		Informal economy: the concept
		Work experiences in informal economies
		The causes of the informal economy: dualism, legalism, or structuralism?
		The real informal economies
		Moving forward: the state, revolution, consensus, or challenge?
		Conclusion
	6. Urban poverty; socio-spatial inequality
		Introduction
		Mainstream ‘theories’ about the causes of urban poverty
		Growth that is neither employment-generating nor poverty-reducing
		Symptoms of poverty; culture of poverty
		Socio-spatial inequality and land economy
		Institutions of capitalism
		Routes less travelled
		Conclusion
Part Three. Creating a socio-ecologically sensitive future
	7. Housing
		Introduction
		Demand-side and supply-side reformist policies
		(Mis)conceptualisations and limitations of demand and supply-side housing policies
		The right to adequate housing
		Conclusion
	8. Homo automobilus
		(Re)conceptualising housing: housing markets and housing systems
		Introduction
		The case for automobility
		Questioning automobility
		On the road to change: post automobility?
		Conclusion
	9. Sustainable urban development
		Introduction
		Sustainable development: a review of the dominant views
		Political economic perspectives
		Georgism: systemic redistribution and comprehensive socio-ecological spending
		Conclusion
Conclusion: towards a political economy of the built environment
	Managing the city economy: towards the good city
References
Index