Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-624).
Contents
Introduction: Purpose and focus / John P. Crecine -- pt. 1. Urban economic system: an empirical and theoretical overview -- pt. 2. Public expenditures in the urban economy: Public expenditures: the total size of the pie -- Public expenditures: how the pie gets divided -- Budgetary reform and the restructuring of public expenditure determinants -- pt. 3. Subeconomies in the urban setting: Economy of the poor in the urban setting -- How the "system" affects the poor -- pt. 4. Urban services and their delivery: Provision and delivery of urban services.
