Table of Contents Preface Section 1: Chapter 1 Trade, capital accumulation, and wage differentials: A dynamic model of the comparative advantage theory -- Chapter 2 Ex-post Risk Management of Environmental Contamination of Municipal Water -- Chapter 3 Endogenizing the Reservation Value in Models...

Urban systems, and regions more generally, are the epicenters of many of today's social issues. Yet they are also the global drivers of technological innovation and thus it is critical that we understand their vulnerabilities and what makes them resilient to different types of shocks. We take...