The Evolution of Great World Cities Urban Wealth and Economic Growth

'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)