Review: Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities

Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities by Alain Bertaud
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I think I figured out what I want to do when I grow up.

Urban planning seems to be a fascinating endeavor, and during the course of this book I kept thinking about how to apply other economics lessons I learned back in my grad school days, from hydraulics (information economics) to game theory. I'm sure most of it would lead to nothing, but it would be fascinating nonetheless, especially considering the models that can be created for traffic flow, population increases/decreases, etc.

Regardless, I don't know enough to confirm or debunk anything the author says, although my impression was that he wanted to get people thinking about urban planning in a new way (using economics) than anything.


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