The ecological dynamics of cities are influenced not only by geophysical and biological
factors, but also by aspects of human society. In cities around the world, a pattern of higher …

Problem: Planning studies of land use and travel behavior focus on regression analysis of
travel as a function of traveler demographics and land use near study subjects' residences …

This handbook chapter studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration
economies. We distinguish three types of micro-foundations, based on sharing, matching …

This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upper-level undergraduates in
geography, sociology, and planning. The gentrification of urban areas has accelerated …

“This superbly succinct and incisive book” on urban planning and real estate argues
gentrification isn't driven by latte-sip** hipsters—but is engineered by the capitalist state …

Will COVID-19 end the urban renaissance that many cities have experienced since the
1980s? This essay selectively reviews the copious literature that now exists on the long-term …

Cities can be thought of as the absence of physical space between people and firms. As
such, they exist to eliminate transportation costs for goods, people and ideas and …

This paper explores the theoretical and empirical literature to examine the use by different
social groups of informal sources of information provided by friends, relatives, and …

This paper documents and explains the striking rise in the college share near city centers
since 2000. We show that this urban revival is driven by younger college graduates in larger …

This study examined the dynamics of global urban expansion by defining a new universe of
3,943 cities with population in excess of 100,000 and drawing a stratified global sample of …