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The first effect is a spatialized version of Adam Smith’s famous dictum that “the division of labor is limited by the extent of the market.”
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
It demonstrates the extent to which all new development could be accommodated on the footprint of existing parking lots.
Arthur C. Nelson • Reshaping Metropolitan America: Development Trends and Opportunities to 2030 (Metropolitan Planning + Design)
The displacement of the old working class has many explanations: globalization, financialization, automation, but also the concentration of economic activities (and most jobs) in large cities. ● Cities as the new factory floor aggravate problems that were previously overlooked. Improving the condition of the new urban working class is the main soci
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How the Dutch SOLVED Street Design
youtube.comWe should, however, worry about whether urban reforms will actually end up benefitting poor people. The only way to ensure that it does is to ensure that if demand for living in a particular neighborhood increases, so does the quantity of available housing units.
Matthew Yglesias • The Rent Is Too Damn High: What To Do About It, And Why It Matters More Than You Think
The limit Hm → 1 allows individuals to fully sample the city within the smallest distance traveled,
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
public ownership entices developers because they don't have to find someone to sell the building to