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Town planning is an extensive subject in its own right and a full discussion of its applications and methodology is beyond the scope of this particular book. (A comprehensive description of the basic techniques is provided by Goodman and Freund [1968].) Here we are concerned primarily with the role of economics in urban planning, although the rather imprecise boundary between physical planning, principles and economic analysis makes it impossible, if not undesirable, to omit some reference to the former.

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    K. J. Button (Lecturer in Economics)

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Button, K.J. (1976). Urban Planning. In: Urban Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15661-0_11

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