Sustainable development has become a globally accepted policy objective. It is however, increasingly recognized that the implementation of sustainability strategies has to take place at a decentralized level. This has also provoked the idea of urban sustainability. The notion of sustainable city...

This paper documents the negative link between the age of Russian cities and their average wage. This link is robust to various definitions of city age and sample censuring, the inclusion of regional and time fixed effects, dependent variable spatial lag and many urban characteristics. This link...

The paper presents an economic insight into the role of the universities and the interaction between the universities and the cities from the Middle Ages until nowadays. We analyse the traditional role of the universities and its transformation throughout time viewed through the prism of current...

This publication documents the current assessment and strategic investment priorities of the Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the country’s urban sector. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategies, past ADB...