This book was first published in 1977. Urban economics is a relatively young field of economics; hardly existing except perhaps in real estate and land economics curricula-before the 1960s. Within the last few years, especially after 1 971, there has been a growth of interest in urban economic theory, strong enough even to attract the attention of general economic theorists. These new theoretical writings have been named the 'New Urban Economics'-NUE for short. The aim of this monograph is to survey and assess NUE, to evaluate its contribution to urban economics, to offer a few extensions and to say something about the future direction of the subfield.
Autorentext
H.W. Richardson
Zusammenfassung
The goal of this volume is to discuss--in depth--the ways in which various "e;deviations"e; from "e;traditional"e; family styles affect childrearing practices and child development. Each of the contributors illustrates the dynamic developmental processes that characterize parenting and child development in contexts that can be deemed "e;nontraditional"e; because they do not reflect the demographic characteristics of the traditional families on which social scientists have largely focused. The contributors deal with the dynamics and possible effects of dual-career families, families with unusually involved fathers, families characterized by the occurrence of divorce, single parenthood, remarriage, poverty, adoption, reliance on nonparental childcare, ethnic membership, parents with lesbian or gay sexual orientations, as well as violent and/or neglectful parents. By doing so, the authors provide thoughtful, literate, and up-to-date accounts of a diverse array of "e;nontraditional"e; or traditionally understudied family types. All the chapters offer answers to a common question: How do these patterns of childcare affect children, their experiences, and their developmental processes? The answers to these questions are of practical importance, relevant to a growing proportion of the families and children in the United States, but also have significant implications for the understanding of developmental processes in general. As a result, the book will be of value to basic social scientists, as well as those professionals concerned with guiding and advising clients and public policy.
Inhalt
1. What is 'New Urban Economics'? 2. Antecedents 3. The standard NUE model 4. Implications and extensions of the standard model 5. The monocentric city 6. The multicentric city 7. More complex residential location patterns 8. Locational interdependence 9. Towards dynamics 10. An optimum geograpy 11. Two residential location models i. The possibility of positive rent gradients ii. Discontinuous densities, urban spatial structure, and growth 12. Alternatives to NUE 13. Political economy 14. Conclustion: are NUE models operational?