Triumph of the city

By Edward L. Glaeser. 2012

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Shifting horizons in local and regional development (2017, background): “For Glaeser (2012), globalization and technological changes underpinning urban agglomerations make cities more important because both increase productivity by accelerating returns to knowledge and innovation.”
Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums (2014, background): “Glaeser (2011) is aware of the potential poverty traps to be found in slums and recognizes that, while it would be a mistake to overlook the economic opportunities that slums provide for the world’s poor (especially rural migrants who come from much poorer environments), it is also a mistake to idea”
Rebalancing the Spatial Economy: The Challenge for Regional Theory (2015, background): “…that accrue from the density of activity and population within cities: density is alleged to increase interaction, spillovers, market opportunities, productivity and wages (GLAESER et al., 1992; FUJITA and THISSE, 2002; HENDERSON, 2003; GLAESER, 2008, 2009, 2012; GLAESER and GOTTLIEB, 2009).”
Urbanisation and development in South Africa: economic imperatives, spatial distortions and strategic responses (2012, background): “…national governments are vigorously supporting investment in their major economic centres on the basis that they offer the best returns in terms of productivity, enterprise, innovation and the solution to many of their greatest social and environmental problems (Glaeser, 2011; Turok, forthcoming).”
BRT TOD: Leveraging transit oriented development with bus rapid transit investments (2014, background): “A sample of city centers in large Indian cities found an FAR of 1.6, lower than permissible densities in the suburbs (Bertraud, 2002; Glaeser, 2011).”