Cities and the Urban Land Premium

Targeting a wide audience and sans complex math and econometric calculations, this book notes that since the 1980s, after a long period of suburbanization, cities have gained new appeal. De Groot, Marlet, Teulings, and Vermeulen aim to provide insight into the importance of urbanization and the way in which the advantages can be utilized to the maximum through economic policy. Nine chapters are: the resurrection of the city; land underneath the city; the dynamics of the Dutch system of cities; the production city; the consumer city; land prices and governmental policy; agglomeration benefits and spatial planning policy; social cost-benefit analysis of an inner-city transformation project; agenda for the future. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Henri L.F. de Groot, Professor, VU University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and Ecorys NEI, Gerard Marlet, Atlas voor Gemeenten, Utrecht University School of Economics and University of Groningen, the Netherlands, Coen Teulings, Professor, University of Cambridge, UK, University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands and Wouter Vermeulen, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, the Netherlands