Reconstructing Urban Economics

Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment

AvFranklin Obeng-Odoom

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities and regions in built-environment economics.In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom draws on institutional, Georgist and Marxist economics to clearly but comprehensively show what the key issues are today in thinking about urban economics. In doing so, he demonstrates the widespread tensions and contradictions in the status quo, showing how to reconstruct urban economics in order to create a more just society and environment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-15
Mått:134 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781783606597

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Franklin Obeng-Odoom teaches urban economics at the School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia. He is an International Social Science Council world social science fellow in sustainable urbanisation. Franklin was elected to the Fellowship of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015, becoming the country’s youngest fellow. In 2016, he won the Patrick Welch prize awarded by the Association for Social Economics and his book Reconstructing Urban Economics was listed in the top 5 entries for the Egon Matzner Prize 2017.

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The book reminds us that issues of the urban question around spatial inequality in terms of housing, transport, jobs or other metrics, are issues that have historical precedents, are trans-national and trans-cultural … So when politicians, think-tanks, industry peak bodies, or universities offer simple solutions that promote the status quo, books like this one help us to articulate our rebuttals.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction: Dissent and ReconstructionPart I: Establishing Principles for Urban Progress1. Scaffolding the Principles and Values of Reconstruction2. The Urban Challenge3. The Urban EconomyPart II: Analysing Material Conditions in Cities4. Urban Economic Growth: Globalisation, Trade, and Convergence5. Informal Economies6. Urban Poverty; Socio-Spatial InequalityPart III: Creating a Socio-Ecologically Sensitive Future7. Housing8. Homo Automobilus9. Sustainable Urban DevelopmentConclusion: Towards A Political Economy of the Built Environment