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Emphasizes the importance of economic consideration in the functioning of the urban system. The volume is designed  offer to the readers a survey of themes and analytical tools that have been used recent development of economic analsis of the city. Eminent scholars offer a variety of analisis and perspectives on some of the more noteable urban problems like local finance, clustering of economic activities, commuter transportation, segregation of housing and property values. The volumes is divided into five distinct parts (i) sectors of economy and financial management of cities.  (ii) Intra-urban land values (iii) segration and housing market; (iv) intra-urban location of economic activities and (v) urban transportation.