Triumph of the CityA compellingly readable, critically acclaimed, agenda setting account of how and why cities function as they do and why so many of us choose to live in them. Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life's work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world's most exciting urban thinkers. Travelling from city to city, speaking to planners and politicians across the world, he uncovers