Learning Urban Economics by Walking

Table of Contents

This book provides an economic explanation of the mechanism behind the "why" in the everyday urban landscapes found across Japan, and introduces the most advanced empirical research that examines the theory.

Contents
Chapter 1: Mechanism of commercial agglomeration: Store lotteries at Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Mechanisms of Commercial Agglomeration
1.3 Empirical Research on the Value of Commercial Clusters from the Perspective of Consumer Behavior
1.4 Empirical Research on Shopping Externalities
1.5 Tsukiji Market Reveals Shopping Externalities
1.6 How Online Shopping Changes Commercial Clusters
1.7 Conclusion

Chapter 2: Mechanisms of Agglomeration in Production Activities: Shibuya Bit Valley and Higashi-Osaka
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Mechanisms of Agglomeration Economics
2.3 Mechanisms for Determining City Size
2.4 Empirical Research on Economies of Agglomeration
2.5 Conclusion
COLUMN Government Statistics and Alternative Data
COLUMN Learning Urban Economics through Connections: Interaction Data

Chapter 3: Cities Shaped by Commuting: Osaka, Umeda, and The Makioka Sisters
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Mechanisms by Which Commuting Shapes Cities
3.3 Empirical Research on Commuting Costs and Cities
3.4 Conclusion
COLUMN Complementarities between Transport Infrastructure and Economic Activity

Chapter 4: Land Use as Housing: Tokyo Bay Area Condo Towers
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Mechanisms of Residential Segregation based on Different Commuting Costs
4.3 Mechanisms Determining Patterns of Land Use
4.4 Empirical Research on Residential Segregation
4.5 Empirical Research on Land-Use Patterns
4.6 Conclusion

Chapter 5: The Shape of Cities: Kobe, Between the Sea and Mountains
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Example of the Influence of Topography on Cities
5.3 Close Relationship between Topography and Causal Inference
5.4 Various Forms
5.5 Conclusion
COLUMN Economics from History

Chapter 6: Land-Use Regulations: Hakataeki-mae's Skyline
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Impact of Regulations on Land Prices and Related Empirical Research
6.3 Impact of Regulations on the Entire City and Related Empirical Research
6.4 Conclusion
COLUMN Negative Externalities and Environmental Issues

Chapter 7: Tourism Changing the Face of Cities: Kyoto and Kiyomizu-zaka
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Positive and Negative Effects of Tourism: Spillover effects and resource competition across sectors
7.3 Empirical Research on Spillover Effects
7.4 Research on Resource Exploitation
7.5 Conclusion
COLUMN Economics from the Sky: Remote Sensing Data

Chapter 8: Urban Destruction and Renewal: Sendai, Nagoya, and Hiroshima
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Mechanisms of Destruction and Renewal
8.3 Empirical Research on the Effects of Destruction
8.4 Conclusion
COLUMN Learning Urban Economics by Digging? Various types of historical data

Chapter 9: Friction in the Land and Housing Market: From Samurai Residences to Skyscrapers
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Factors Generating Friction in the Real Estate Market
9.3 Empirical Research on Real Estate Market Friction
9.4 Conclusion
COLUMN Institutions and Transaction Costs
COLUMN Government Failure

Chapter 10: Boundaries that Divide Regions: Machida City in Kanagawa Tokyo
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Mechanism for Determining Boundaries
10.3 Case Study: How the Boundaries of Machida City were Formed
10.4 Empirical Research on the Effects of Boundaries
10.5 Conclusion
COLUMN Negative Externalities and the Government Boundaries

Chapter 11: High-Speed Transportation Network Connecting Cities: Tokyo Station and Tosu Interchange
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Transportation Costs and City Size: The Theory of Spatial Economics
11.3 Empirical Research on Spatial Economics (Transportation Costs)
11.4 Empirical Research on Human Exchanges
11.5 Conclusion

Chapter 12. The Crossroads of Diversity: Shin-Okubo and Nishi-Kawaguchi
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Factors Driving Migration
12.3 Impacts of Migrants on Local Communities
12.4 Overview of Empirical Research on Migration
12.5 Conclusion