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...

This paper provides some elements to explain the observed takeover in some urban areas of a new kind of elite associated with new economy jobs, also known as "bourgeois bohème" (bobos). This takeover has been associated with greater investment in urban amenities and "clean" means of transport,...

Auch wenn die Telearbeit noch in den Kinderschuhen steckt, ihre Anwendung verbreitet sich in hohem Tempo. Dies bestätigen auch die neuesten Umfragen. Die Technik für die Einführung der Telearbeit ist zu niedrigen Preisen vorhanden, die Telekommunikationsinfrastruktur wird laufend ausgebaut,...