Economics of Urban Externalities

This book provides a fresh look at measuring negative externalities in the urbanization process.

This is a book about how cities occupy space. We are not interested in architectural masterpieces, but the tools for reinventing city life.

This is a book about how cities occupy space. We are not interested in architectural masterpieces, but the tools for reinventing city life. We try to provide a framework for the architecture and design of public space without aesthetic considerations. We identify several defining factors.

An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.

by Maria Marta Ferreyra (Editor), Mark Roberts (Editor)
With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world.