Cities and Private Planning: Property Rights, Entrepreneurship and Transaction Costs

Cities and Private Planning: Property Rights, Entrepreneurship and Transaction Costs
ISBN-10
1783475064
ISBN-13
9781783475063
Category
Social Science
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2014-09-26
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Authors
Stefano Moroni, David Emanuel Andersson

Description

Through comprehensive case studies of privately planned cities and neighbourhood in Asia, Europe and North America, this book characterizes the theoretical basis and empirical manifestations of private urban planning. In this innovative volume, Anderss

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