Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (Häftad)
avEdward Glaeser
ISBN: 9780143120544 - UTGIVEN: 201201A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities.America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, environmentally unfriendly . . . or are they? In this revelatory book, Edward Glaeser, a leading urban economist, [...]
Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe (Häftad)
avAlberto Alesina, Edward Glaeser
ISBN: 9780199286102 - UTGIVEN: 200511As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty. Based on careful and systematic analysis of national data, the authors describe just how much the two continents differ [...]
Triumph of the City (Pocket)
avEdward Glaeser
ISBN: 9780330458078 - UTGIVEN: 201202Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life's work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world's most exciting urban thinkers. Travelling from city to city, speaking to planners and politicians across the world, he uncovers qu[...]
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (Inbunden)
avEdward Glaeser
ISBN: 9781594202773 - UTGIVEN: 201102A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.
America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the 3 percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap: they're[...]
Stadens triumf : hur vår största uppfinning gör oss rikare, smartare, grönare, friskare och lyckligare (Inbunden)
avEdward Glaeser
ISBN: 9789186203979 - UTGIVEN: 201205Bangalore, London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Houston, Tokyo, Singapore, Hongkong och Vancouver. Idag bor en större del av jordens befolkning i städerna än på landsbygden. Staden är människans viktigaste uppfinning. Den har haft stor betydelse i ett historiskt perspektiv, är miljövänlig, bra[...]
Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium (Inbunden)
avEdward L. Glaeser
ISBN: 9780199290444 - UTGIVEN: 200807220 million Americans crowd together in the 3% of the country that is urban. 35 million people live in the vast metropolis of Tokyo, the most productive urban area in the world. The central city of Mumbai alone has 12 million people, and Shanghai almost as many. We choose to live cheek by jowl, in[...]
