ABSTRACT
The current perception among policy-makers and a growing number of researchers is that cities are no longer negative-the consumers of scarce resources better deployed in other economic sectors. Rather, cities are perceived to have been highly successful in creating employment and economic development-the most urbanized societies have the highest national income (World Bank 1991:18, Peterson et al. 1991). However, as Jones & Ward argue in Chapter 2, acceptance of this premise still leaves open the question of exactly which specific urban land policies will lead to improved macroeconomic performance.
