Urban Economics

URBAN STUDIES 4601

Economic function of the city and the role of the city in a national economy. Local decisionmaking; financing of local government expenditures. An analysis of selected urban problems, such as causes and effects of housing market segregation; decay and abandonment, landlord-tenant relations, crime, and urban transport systems. Prerequisite: Econ 4011.
Course Attributes: EN S; AS SSC; FA SSC; AR SSC