Urban economics
The urban economy is the economy of urban areas, as opposed to rural ones. Contrast with rural lifestyle.
List of terms in urban economics
urban economic and political autonomy, hazards, principles
arts economy - autonomous village - banking - biohazard response - bioterrorism - casino capitalism - choice of life - city - - consumerism - de-material world - ecological health - environmental health - flash mob - human development theory - land ethic - new materialism - peace economy - political economy - post-materialist society - productivism - quantitative development - respiratory health - rural - seven-generation sustainability - suburban - suburban colonization - terrorism - urban - urban debt - urban secession - urban sprawl - urbanization - value of life - value of Earth - war - wealth - welfare economics - zoning
Urban and building infrastructure and navigation
arcology - architecture - allotment (gardening) - autonomous building - bicycle-friendly - car-free zone - co-housing - congestion charge - electricity generation - haram - list of planned cities - list of urban planners - mass transit - pedestrian-friendly - pedestrian overpass - pedestrian underpass -sewage system - smog - street reclaiming - traffic calming - toll bridge - toll road - urban car - urban design - urban ecology - urban exploration - urban planning - urban planner - urban outdoorsman - urban wildernessUrban local and micro-economics
Carbohydrate Economy - community currency - community emergency response team - Eco-Industrial Park - economic conversion - energy - hard energy - industrial ecology - product substitution market - recycling - regenerative development - regenerative finance - service economy - soft energy - unemployment - waste economyUrban global and macro-economics
accounting - autarky - commodity markets - decommodification - deproductization - economies of agglomeration - ecological footprint - Euro - externality - fair trade - farmers market - full cost accounting - infrastructural capital - international trade - mandatory labelling - negative commodity market - performance assessment indicator - product lifecycle - product stewardship - productivism - tax, tariff and trade
Famous urbanists
- Jane Jacobs, author of Death and Life of Great Cities
- Christopher Alexander, author of The Nature of Order
- Stewart
Brand, author of How Buildings Learn
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