What Is One Element of the Ecological Approach to Urban

question 10

Essay

What is one element of the ecological approach to urban analysis (the Chicago School) that, in your view, is still useful today? What is one element of this approach that is no longer useful for the study of cities?

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Definitions:

Cost of Equity

The return that investors require for an investment in a company, representing the compensation for the risk taken.

Financing

Allocating resources for the purposes of business ventures, buying goods, or making investments.

Risk

The potential for losing something of value, or the potential for an investment's actual return to differ from its expected return.

Economic Value Added

A measure of a company's financial performance based on residual wealth, calculated by deducting a firm's cost of capital from its net operating profit.