Launches a series intended to provide an outlet for longer scholarly works dealing topics in urban and regional economies so that researchers will not find it necessary to cut down longer works for journal publication or undertake only those projects suitable to the shorter form. The first volume limits its scope to studies looking at issues of location and land use that are peculiar to cities, discussing both positive and normative aspects. Considers urban land use and rent theory, including the role of the centrifugal and centripetal market forces that generate them; the size and functional distribution of cities, generated by the interplay between those same two forces; and the economic geography of cities, which deals with the function, size, and distance between cities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR