The research aims at spatial and socio-economic analysis of landscape patterns in Baltic coastal area of Estonia. The process of active suburbanization, which is analysed in the current work, is caused by complex socio-economical factors which arise from sociopolitical changes since the end of...

Land use policy is administered at the local level in the U.S. However, many of the benefits and costs have broader spatial impacts. Thus, a lack of coordination across local jurisdictions may lead to unintended spillovers. Using historical data from the Baltimore, Maryland metro, we examine the...

Spanish Abstract: A partir de información primaria (1800 avalúos inmobiliarios) y secundaria (trabajos de investigación, instituciones públicas, estadísticas oficiales), se compila información sobre precios del suelo y sus determinantes en la ciudad de Sincelejo en una base de datos tipo...

Are ownership incentive policies inevitably accompanied by detrimental inflationary effects?To address this issue, we develop a theoretical model in which owners of new housing benefit from a homeownership subsidy or a rental investment incentive. We show that while both incentives increase the...

In this work, we present a gridded dataset about land cover, population density, real estate, and transportation in 192 worldwide urban areas representing together 800 million people. While population density and land cover are secondary data extracted from the GHS-POP and the ESA CCI databases...

This paper proposes a spatial equilibrium model to quantify welfare losses from land market distortions in China. In the model, heterogeneous firms in a variety of sectors choose their locations across regions with costly trade, frictional labor migration, and land market distortions. We match...

This paper proposes a spatial equilibrium model to quantify welfare losses from land market distortions in China. In the model, heterogeneous firms in a variety of sectors choose their locations across regions with costly trade, frictional labor migration, and land market distortions. We match...

El objetivo de este artículo es el estudio de la conformación de varios centros en Lima Metropolitana (Perú), a la luz del modelo policéntrico. Nos hemos aproximado empíricamente a este proceso a través de la localización espacial de la fuerza laboral, como indicador de la concentración...

Questo contributo formula un quadro delle dinamiche di espansione urbana delle città Mediterranee come esempi applicabili ad altre regioni con caratteristiche socio-economiche simili. Viene proposta un’interpretazione del Mediterraneo urbano legata soprattutto alla governance locale, in...

This paper puts forward a general methodology to analyze the metropolitan economy. It is inspired by A.J. SCOTT?s works. It is based on the description of the inner urban structures of metropoles. Thus, the inner urban structure analysis is a means of describing the metropolitan economy. From...