Textbook/Reading Suggestions for Urban Economics I have a pretty straightforward question. What sort of textbooks or graduate readings are there for urban economics that you would personally suggest and why? Preferably I would like one that has practice exercises/proofs in them that I can use. I've seen a few books that look like graduate texts out there, but don't know much about what's in them, so I figured some people here might.
Masahisa Fujita is considered as one of the most famous theorist in urban economics. He is one of the pioneers of the New Economic Geography. His book 
Urban Economic Theory: Land Use and City Size, 1989, Cambridge is a master piece, laying down the theoretical foundations of urban economics. Also, you may read


Fujita, Masahisa; Krugman, Paul; Venables, Anthony J. (1999). The
Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: MIT Press. 
Fujita, Masahisa; Thisse, Jacques-François (2013). Economics of
Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth (2nd 
ed.). Cambridge University Press.


Esteban Rossi-Hansberg from Princeton is a rising star in urban economics. You may check out his syllabus, which is pretty useful. He does not recommend any textbook, and provides a more modern approach.