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Urban land economics
Bibliographicsection or graph theory. It may also serve as a reference guide
for practicing transportationengineers and urbanplanners on issues of &a& assignment and urban transportation networks analysis. MnnagMg Trurspart Systems: A Cybemetk Pempecthe, Paul Keys and Michael C. Jackson. Gower, Brookfield, VT, 05036, U.S.A., 1985. pp. 191, $16.50. This is a record of papers presented by British transport professionals and discussed in a series of seminam in “Contemporary Issues in Management” held at Hull University in 1983-1984. The fast two chapters generally describe the transport sector of the economy and discuss the different conceptual models that can be used to analyze organizations, with particular regard to the cybernetic model of Stafford Beer. Six examples of management of transport systems in Great Britain are used to show the apphcations of the theory presented in the first part of the book. The book should be of in&test to students and academics interested in management science and cybernetics and to managers concerned with transport systems. Rural ‘Rnqort and Pbmning, David Banister. Mansell, 6 All Saints Street, London Nl9RL. Bngland, 1985, pp. 448, uo.00. This bibliography is a systematic review of publications available covering rural transport and planning. It focuses on references in the fields of transpott poticy. and methods of assessment and evaluation and includes many areabased studies from Britain, the United States, Europe, Australia and the developing countries. Abstmcts are included for each item referenced and there am indexes by both author and subject. Urhnn Land Kconomks, Michael Goldberg and Peter Chinloy. John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, U.S.A., 1984, pp. 566, $32.95. This is an applied institutional urban economics text, designed as an introductory course for students with literacy in economics, though not in the economics of urban land. It discusses the economically rooted problems faced by urban residents in North America, and the development of remedies for these problems. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 introduces the history of urbanization and focuses on how complex urban issues developed. Part 2 develops economic and institutional constructs needed to analyze contemporary urban issues, and Part 3 discusses a range of these issues, such as housing and land, changing urban economic patterns, and public finance and government of urban areas. Bach chapter contains numerous footnotes, illustrative tables and graphs. PortbdzPhming,PoUtks,andGrowthinaTmntkth-h~t~~‘~ City, Carl Abbott. University of Nebraska Press.901 North I%, Lincoln.NE68588, U.S.A., 1983, pp. 350. $12.95.
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l’kis history explores how deliberateefforts to shape Portland, Gregon have contributed to its evolution as a successful city: recent studies have ranked it one of the most livable major metropolitan areas in the United States. In many ways Portland is a typical automobile city, yet the early-twentieth-century “streetcar city” image has been preserved. This is a product of public action as well as geographical accident, and the book examines both. Aviation Deregdating the AHues, Elizabeth E. Bailey, David R. Graham and Daniel P. Kalan. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 02142, U.S.A., 1985, pp. 243, $19.95. This book is an attempt to present the pros and cons of deregulation of the airline industry in the United States. The authors firmly support the process, and believe that as a result of deregulation, productivity and service convenience are improving. Using an economic approach, they show that over the long run umsunms can expect to pay lower fares than they would have in a regulated regime. The book was written by three people who were intimately involved in the deregulation process. Recommended for policy makers and students of regulation in patticular, this study provides a unique case for contmsting the operation of air industry under close regulation and free market. Air Trcmsporhtson: A Management Peqective, Alexander T. Wells. Wadsworth, Belmont. CA, 94082, U.S.A., 1984, pp. 540. $19.25. This introductorytextbook is written for students of management and air transportationand others who would like to gain a better understanding of managerial aspects of air transpottation in the United States, The book was written for students by an instructor from Broward Community College. TlWLaDgWgeofthcSlrks;TbeBWtgUnlAtrl’nmc Control Conflict in Cnnndn, Sandford Borins. McGillQueen’s, 63A St. George Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada, M5S lA6, 1984, pp. 285, $12.95. This book chronicles the conflict of the mid-197Os, when franco-phonecontrollersand pilots attemptedto use French, as well as English, in Quebec aviation. It includes intervieps with participants, and discusses personalities, ideologies and interests that characterixed the crises. It traces the evolution of the conflict from its early stages to the eventual acknowledgment by the government, in 1979, that bilingual air traffic control was safe. Stnpl&m Irttamationnl Airport, Jeff Miller. Pruett, 2928 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80301, U.S.A., 1983, pp. 160, $24.95. Denver, Colorado’s Stapleton Airport is the eighth busiest airport in the world. This history chronicles its first half centuty of existence, from the early struggle to build
for practicing transportationengineers and urbanplanners on issues of &a& assignment and urban transportation networks analysis. MnnagMg Trurspart Systems: A Cybemetk Pempecthe, Paul Keys and Michael C. Jackson. Gower, Brookfield, VT, 05036, U.S.A., 1985. pp. 191, $16.50. This is a record of papers presented by British transport professionals and discussed in a series of seminam in “Contemporary Issues in Management” held at Hull University in 1983-1984. The fast two chapters generally describe the transport sector of the economy and discuss the different conceptual models that can be used to analyze organizations, with particular regard to the cybernetic model of Stafford Beer. Six examples of management of transport systems in Great Britain are used to show the apphcations of the theory presented in the first part of the book. The book should be of in&test to students and academics interested in management science and cybernetics and to managers concerned with transport systems. Rural ‘Rnqort and Pbmning, David Banister. Mansell, 6 All Saints Street, London Nl9RL. Bngland, 1985, pp. 448, uo.00. This bibliography is a systematic review of publications available covering rural transport and planning. It focuses on references in the fields of transpott poticy. and methods of assessment and evaluation and includes many areabased studies from Britain, the United States, Europe, Australia and the developing countries. Abstmcts are included for each item referenced and there am indexes by both author and subject. Urhnn Land Kconomks, Michael Goldberg and Peter Chinloy. John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, U.S.A., 1984, pp. 566, $32.95. This is an applied institutional urban economics text, designed as an introductory course for students with literacy in economics, though not in the economics of urban land. It discusses the economically rooted problems faced by urban residents in North America, and the development of remedies for these problems. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 introduces the history of urbanization and focuses on how complex urban issues developed. Part 2 develops economic and institutional constructs needed to analyze contemporary urban issues, and Part 3 discusses a range of these issues, such as housing and land, changing urban economic patterns, and public finance and government of urban areas. Bach chapter contains numerous footnotes, illustrative tables and graphs. PortbdzPhming,PoUtks,andGrowthinaTmntkth-h~t~~‘~ City, Carl Abbott. University of Nebraska Press.901 North I%, Lincoln.NE68588, U.S.A., 1983, pp. 350. $12.95.
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l’kis history explores how deliberateefforts to shape Portland, Gregon have contributed to its evolution as a successful city: recent studies have ranked it one of the most livable major metropolitan areas in the United States. In many ways Portland is a typical automobile city, yet the early-twentieth-century “streetcar city” image has been preserved. This is a product of public action as well as geographical accident, and the book examines both. Aviation Deregdating the AHues, Elizabeth E. Bailey, David R. Graham and Daniel P. Kalan. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 02142, U.S.A., 1985, pp. 243, $19.95. This book is an attempt to present the pros and cons of deregulation of the airline industry in the United States. The authors firmly support the process, and believe that as a result of deregulation, productivity and service convenience are improving. Using an economic approach, they show that over the long run umsunms can expect to pay lower fares than they would have in a regulated regime. The book was written by three people who were intimately involved in the deregulation process. Recommended for policy makers and students of regulation in patticular, this study provides a unique case for contmsting the operation of air industry under close regulation and free market. Air Trcmsporhtson: A Management Peqective, Alexander T. Wells. Wadsworth, Belmont. CA, 94082, U.S.A., 1984, pp. 540. $19.25. This introductorytextbook is written for students of management and air transportationand others who would like to gain a better understanding of managerial aspects of air transpottation in the United States, The book was written for students by an instructor from Broward Community College. TlWLaDgWgeofthcSlrks;TbeBWtgUnlAtrl’nmc Control Conflict in Cnnndn, Sandford Borins. McGillQueen’s, 63A St. George Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada, M5S lA6, 1984, pp. 285, $12.95. This book chronicles the conflict of the mid-197Os, when franco-phonecontrollersand pilots attemptedto use French, as well as English, in Quebec aviation. It includes intervieps with participants, and discusses personalities, ideologies and interests that characterixed the crises. It traces the evolution of the conflict from its early stages to the eventual acknowledgment by the government, in 1979, that bilingual air traffic control was safe. Stnpl&m Irttamationnl Airport, Jeff Miller. Pruett, 2928 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80301, U.S.A., 1983, pp. 160, $24.95. Denver, Colorado’s Stapleton Airport is the eighth busiest airport in the world. This history chronicles its first half centuty of existence, from the early struggle to build