Containing the ill effects of urban sprawl has become a cause celebre for many citizens who are experiencing a decline in the quality of life in the country's cities and suburban areas. Armed with smart growth principles, the new urbanists and many environmentalists advocate the return to more...

The city beautiful movement, which in the early 20th Century advocated city beautification as a way to improve the living conditions and civic virtues of the urban dweller, had languished by the Great Depression. Today, new urban economic theory and policymakers are coming to see the provision...

Modern urban economic theory and policymakers are coming to see the provision of consumer-leisure amenities as a way to attract population, especially the highly skilled and their employers. However, past studies have arguably only provided indirect evidence of the importance of leisure...