Introduction 1. Facts about Urban Production Patterns 2. Modeling the System of Cities in an Economy 3. Growth, Technological Change, and Economic Development 4. Trade and Natural Resources 5. Evidence on the Nature of Agglomeration Effects 6. Population Composition of Cities: Bright Lights or Productivity 7. Government Policies Creating Unintended Spatial Distortions 8. Industrial Location Policies: Illusion and Remedy 9. City Size Policies and Laissez-Faire 10. Empirical Determinants of Urban Concentration 11. Urban Issues in a Planned Economy: China 12. Conclusions References Index