Over the past three decades, urban congestion has become more costly in terms of time, money and fuel. Congestion has generated, for the 101 large U.S urban centers, 4.8 billion hours of travel delay in 2011, up from 1.1 billion hours in 1982. We examine the scaling relationship between the...

This paper explores the challenges and opportunities that government officials face in designing coherent' rules of the game' for achieving urban sustainability during times of growth. Sustainability is judged by three criteria. The first involves elements of day-to-day quality of life, such as...

Four pillars for sound development and long-term sustainability of the urban transport sector in large metropolitan areas.Before financing major urban transport projects, decisionmakers should attempt to put in place the basic elements for long-term sustainability of the sector. Specifically,...

The study was developed using the LEAP platform which is calibrated with data from 2019 and elaborated from 2020 to 2040 with several realistic scenarios based on energy policies implemented in Bogot´a. The simulations include different scenarios: Business as Usual; High Growth; Low Growth; and...

Is there a local economic impact of immigration? Immigration pushes up rents and housing values in US destination cities. The positive association of rent growth and immigrant inflows is pervasive in time series for all metropolitan areas. I use instrumental variables based on a "shift-share" of...

This paper examines the time varying dispersion in city house price levels across the four biggest euro area countries compared with those in the United States. Using available city-level data over the period 1987-2008, it tests for price convergence and analyses key factors explaining price...