vertical urban growth has gained pace over the course of the 20th century. Second, we lay out a simple theoretical model of … parameters that shape the urban height profile along with a summary of the related theoretical and empirical literature. Fourth …

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 … higher levels of reinvestment in central-city housing, therefore reducing blight. -- urban sprawl ; blight ; market failures …

document that cities controlled by left-wing parties convert much less land from rural to urban uses than is the case in …

This paper questions the widely applied parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterizing urban … recommendations for combating urban shrinkage. As the cases of several Ruhr cities (Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund) and East German … cities (Erfurt, Rostock and Magdeburg) prove, urban economic growth can also be achieved thanks to the substantial presence …