{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-great-world-cities-9781442611528","title":"The Evolution of Great World Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Drawing on an extensive body of literature and examples from prosperous and not-so-prosperous cities around the world this book attampts to explain the evolution of great world cities...Vast mass of literature is coupled with illustrative cases in a way that makes the book informative and an enjoyable reading experience.' -- Kristina Vaarst Anderson Regional Studies, vol46:07:2012 'Kennedy has written a lively and thoughtful book... he carefully builds a novel argument about wealth creation and urban form and does so in an accessible way that teaches urban history and economic concepts as it goes.' -- Clinton J. Andrews Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26 October 2012","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408349339991,"sku":"9781442611528","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442611528.jpg?v=1730502544","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-great-world-cities-9781442611528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}