There are persistent differences in self-reported subjective well-being across U.S. metropolitan areas, and residents of declining cities…
We study the tradeoff between megacities and networks of smaller cities in a model of recombinant growth and endogenous amenities. Three…
Should China build mega-cities or a network of linked middle-sized
metropolises? Can Europe’s mid-sized cities compete with global…
New, “big” data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome
variables higher frequencies and finer geographic scales than…
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "…
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social
composition of neighborhoods. Yet, the relationship between…
Ballot initiatives are consequential and common, with total spending on initiative campaigns in the US rivaling that of Presidential…
In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the…
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A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the
opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.…