• 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Scope of this Book.- 1.2 Fundamental Determinants of Spatial Structure.- 1.3 Historical Sketch.- 1.4 Book Outline.- 1.5 Appendix: Notation.- 1.6 References.- I The Monocentric City.- 2 Urban Equilibrium.- 3 Comparative Statics.- 4 Optimality of the Equilibrium Allocation.- 5 Extensions.- 6 Urban Housing.- 7 Transportation Infrastructure.- 8 From Monocentricity to Polycentricity.- II Polycentric Urban Structures.- 9 Agglomeration.- 10 The Monocentric City.- 11 Specialisation and Trade.- 12 Externalities, Nonconvexity and Agglomeration.- Author Index.

'One of its achievements is its integration of the many contributions to the field into a manageable whole. An Essay on Urban Economic Theory is an important and impressive book. It may turn out to be the last word on the standard monocentric model, and its analysis of recent urban economic theory will hopefully facilitate further progress in the field.' Journal of Economic Geography, 1 (2001)

• 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Scope of this Book.- 1.2 Fundamental Determinants of Spatial Structure.- 1.3 Historical Sketch.- 1.4 Book Outline.- 1.5 Appendix: Notation.- 1.6 References.- I The Monocentric City.- 2 Urban Equilibrium.- 3 Comparative Statics.- 4 Optimality of the Equilibrium Allocation.- 5 Extensions.- 6 Urban Housing.- 7 Transportation Infrastructure.- 8 From Monocentricity to Polycentricity.- II Polycentric Urban Structures.- 9 Agglomeration.- 10 The Monocentric City.- 11 Specialisation and Trade.- 12 Externalities, Nonconvexity and Agglomeration.- Author Index.

'One of its achievements is its integration of the many contributions to the field into a manageable whole. An Essay on Urban Economic Theory is an important and impressive book. It may turn out to be the last word on the standard monocentric model, and its analysis of recent urban economic theory will hopefully facilitate further progress in the field.' Journal of Economic Geography, 1 (2001)

• 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Scope of this Book.- 1.2 Fundamental Determinants of Spatial Structure.- 1.3 Historical Sketch.- 1.4 Book Outline.- 1.5 Appendix: Notation.- 1.6 References.- I The Monocentric City.- 2 Urban Equilibrium.- 3 Comparative Statics.- 4 Optimality of the Equilibrium Allocation.- 5 Extensions.- 6 Urban Housing.- 7 Transportation Infrastructure.- 8 From Monocentricity to Polycentricity.- II Polycentric Urban Structures.- 9 Agglomeration.- 10 The Monocentric City.- 11 Specialisation and Trade.- 12 Externalities, Nonconvexity and Agglomeration.- Author Index.

'One of its achievements is its integration of the many contributions to the field into a manageable whole. An Essay on Urban Economic Theory is an important and impressive book. It may turn out to be the last word on the standard monocentric model, and its analysis of recent urban economic theory will hopefully facilitate further progress in the field.' Journal of Economic Geography, 1 (2001)