We analyse the impacts that infrastructure provision has on long run urban development. The topic is of major importance to policy-makers when deciding whether or not to invest in major infrastructure projects. The analysis helps policy-makers to understand the intended, and potentially...

Urban flooding poses danger to people and places. People can adapt to this risk by moving to safer areas or by investing in private self-protection. Places can offset some of the risk through urban planning and infrastructure investment. By constructing a global city data set that covers the...

Intro -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction: Migration and Population Mobility -- PART ONE: MODELS -- Toward a Model of Migration in Latin America -- A Decision-Making Model for the Study of Migration -- Some Perspectives on Balkan Migration Patterns (with Particular Reference...