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Economics [Urban ] --- Economie [Stedelijke ] --- Economie régionale --- Economie urbaine --- Regional economics --- Regionale economie --- Stedelijke economie --- Urban economics --- Regional economics. --- City planning. --- Space in economics. --- Industrial location. --- Urbanisme --- Espace (Economie politique) --- Industrie --- Localisation --- Développement économique --- Economic development --- Développement régional --- Regional development --- Développement socioéconomique --- socioeconomic development --- Zone rurale --- Rural areas --- Zone urbaine --- urban areas --- Urbanisation --- Urbanization --- Industrialisation --- Industrialization --- Affectation de ressources --- Resource allocation --- Utilisation des terres --- land use --- Environnement socioéconomique --- socioeconomic environment --- Environnement socioculturel --- sociocultural environment --- world --- Geografie --- Sociale geografie --- Bewoning en leefgemeenschap. --- Economie régionale --- Économie régionale --- Géographie économique --- Géographie urbaine

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Urban economics --- Economic policy --- Wealth --- Economic development

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This book examines the influence of local public services on the economics of cities. The relationship between economic development and urbanization is indisputable; less clear, however, are the ways in which cities directly contribute to economic growth and employment creation. Current economic thinking holds that the ability of cities to create wealth depends on “agglomeration economies;” that is, the geographic concentration of industries and people which enables economic actors to come together, interact, and become productive. However, this ability to promote productive interaction depends on several factors, one of which is the provision of local public services. The book argues that the quality of local services significantly influences the productivity of a city, and of its business firms. Inferior local services increase the cost of interaction, erode the effects of agglomeration, and diminish wealth-creation potential. This study attempts to assess the costs of inferior local public services to firms. Based on surveys conducted in five cities-Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Montreal (Canada), Puebla (Mexico), San José (Costa Rica), and San Salvador (El Salvador)-it examines the complex issues surrounding local service provision, and illustrates how inferior local services affect firms and, in turn, the ability of firms to contribute to wealth.

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Some cities have been more successful than others in creating environments conducive to the cohabitation of a diverse population. Case studies analyze ten cities in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa in terms of their social sustainability.

Cities and towns --- Sociology, Urban. --- Growth, Urban --- Sprawl, Urban --- Urban development --- Urban growth --- Urban sprawl --- Migration, Internal --- Population --- Vital statistics --- Urban sociology --- Growth. --- Sociology, Urban --- 316.334.3 --- 316.334.3 Politieke sociologie --- Politieke sociologie --- Growth

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Économie régionale --- Géographie économique --- Géographie urbaine --- Géographie urbaine