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1. Foundations of Urban Economics
2. Economic Theory of Cities
3. System of Cities
4. Urban Spatial Structure
5. Land Markets and Land Use
6. Housing Markets
7. Housing Policy
8. Urban Transportation
9. Local Public Finance
10. Urban Problems and Policy
11. Contemporary Issues in Urban Economics
4.
Urban Spatial Structure
4.1.
Monocentric City Model
4.1.1.
Core Assumptions
4.1.1.1.
Central Business District
4.1.1.2.
Commuting Costs
4.1.1.3.
Homogeneous Population
4.1.1.4.
Uniform Transportation
4.1.2.
Bid-Rent Theory
4.1.2.1.
Residential Bid-Rent Function
4.1.2.2.
Commercial Bid-Rent Function
4.1.2.3.
Industrial Bid-Rent Function
4.1.2.4.
Equilibrium Land Use
4.1.3.
Urban Density Patterns
4.1.3.1.
Population Density Gradients
4.1.3.2.
Employment Density
4.1.3.3.
Density Functions
4.1.4.
Land Value Gradients
4.1.4.1.
Distance-Decay Functions
4.1.4.2.
Accessibility and Land Value
4.2.
Extensions of Monocentric Model
4.2.1.
Durable Housing Stock
4.2.2.
Non-uniform Topography
4.2.3.
Natural Amenities
4.2.4.
Income Heterogeneity
4.2.4.1.
Income Segregation
4.2.4.2.
Residential Sorting
4.2.5.
Heterogeneous Preferences
4.3.
Polycentric Cities
4.3.1.
Multiple Employment Centers
4.3.2.
Suburban Business Districts
4.3.3.
Edge Cities
4.3.4.
Subcenters Formation
4.3.5.
Polycentric Equilibrium
4.4.
Empirical Evidence
4.4.1.
Urban Form Measurement
4.4.2.
Sprawl Indices
4.4.3.
Density Gradients Analysis
4.4.4.
Case Studies
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