The time it takes for the completion of major development in areas that changed from rural to urban and are added to urban areas is examined for 59 large urban areas in the United States. Discrete-time survival models are used to predict the probability of the areas reaching completion of...

Creative clusters are considered to be only viable in big cities. However, creativity can act as a driving force for the development of low density areas, combating the exodus to large metropolis. On one hand, creative people are attracted to low density environments characterized by the...