Economics of Urban Externalities Analysis of Squatter Settlements in Kathmandu and Quito /

• Main Author: Adhikari, Shiva Raj (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Development economics.; Urban economics.; Sociology, Urban.; Economics.; Urban Economics.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Development Economics.

This book provides a fresh look at measuring negative externalities in the urbanization process. Meeting the challenges that come hand-in-hand with the contemporary age of rapid urbanization demands more extensive empirical knowledge. While most urbanization research focuses on positive externalitie...

Table of Contents:

• Urbanization and Externalities
• Methods of Measuring Externalities
• Measurement Strategies of Externalities
• Externalities in Kathmandu
• Externalities in Quito
• Policy Implications and Conclusions.