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Brown Growth, Green Growth, and the Efficiency of Urbanization

Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - 2021

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …’). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time (‘green growth’) the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …

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Compactness vs. Sprawl Revisited : Converging Views

Ewing, Reid - 2014

This paper examines the relative merits of compact cities or urban sprawl (suburban settlement patterns) as a spatial solution to environmental problems (such as climate control), automobile dependence, economic development, infrastructure costs and the quality of urban life

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Sprawl and Blight

Brueckner, Jan K.; Helsley, Robert W. - 2021

The objective of this paper is to show how the same market failures that contribute to urban sprawl also contribute to urban blight. The paper develops a simple dynamic model in which new suburban and older central-city properties compete for mobile residents. The level of housing services...

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Social Interaction and Urban Sprawl

Brueckner, Jan K.; Largey, Ann Geraldine - 2021

Various authors, most notably Putnam (2000), have argued that low-density living reduces social capital and thus social interaction, and this argument has been used to buttress criticisms of urban sprawl. If low densities in fact reduce social interaction, then an externality arises, validating...

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Town Twinning and German City Growth

Brakman, Steven - 2014

After World War II, town twinning became popular, notably in Germany. This was mainly a reaction to the war experience, and it was aimed at creating renewed international understanding and co-operation between German cities and cities in other countries. The contacts created by town twinning...

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The IOC's Midas Touch : Summer Olympics and City Growth

Nitsch, Volker - 2013

Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a...

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Structural Change, Urban Congestion, and the End of Growth

Grossmann, Volker - 2011

This paper develops a two-sector R&D-based growth model with congestion effects from increasing urban population density. We show that endogenous technological progress causes structural change if there are positive productivity spillovers from the modern to the traditional sector and Engel's...

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Urbanization and Growth : Why Did the Splendor of the Italian Cities in the Sixteenth Century Not Lead to Transition?

Chiarini, Bruno - 2014

explain why urbanization did not drive the economy to sustained growth. Our main contribution, validated by an estimated VAR … productivity. The analysis provides a picture of a trapped economy where urbanization was unable to trigger a persistent process of …

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The Crisis and Regional Resilience in Europe : On the Importance of Urbanization and Specialization

Brakman, Steven - 2015

to shocks, the degree of urbanization and specialization. We take the Great Recession, the economic and financial crisis …-2012 period, we find that the degree and nature of regional urbanization and specialization are important drivers of the …

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Urbanity

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. - 2014

I define a composite amenity that provides aesthetic and consumption value to local residents: Urbanity. A novel data set of geo-tagged photos shared in internet communities serves as a proxy for urbanity. From the spatial pattern of house prices and photos I identify the value of urbanity in...

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