The Triumph of the City: How our Greatest Invention Makes us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

By P. Hodges, S. Carson. 2012

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Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Urban Studies

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Does urban form matter for innovation productivity? A national multi-level study of the association between neighbourhood innovation capacity and urban sprawl (2019, background): “While existing literature has addressed how these characteristics are related to innovation and overall economic development at different scales (e.g. Bettencourt et al., 2007; Carlino et al., 2007; Glaeser, 2011), the relationship between compactness and innovation productivity is under-investigate”
STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities (2015, neutral): “is the control for the specific sector-driven outcome described in (21) and (20).”
Islam and Economic Performance: Historical and Contemporary Links (2018, background): “This is because cities serve as hubs that coordinate the activities of merchants and financiers (Glaeser 2011).”
Urbanization and economic growth: the arguments and evidence for Africa and Asia (2013, background): “See reference 22, Glaeser (2011), page 225. based on booming commodity exports.”
Municipal statecraft (2018, background): “And this second edition has plenty of intellectual company: we are told that ‘mayors rule the world’ (Barber, 2013), and that a ‘great inversion’ (Ehrenhalt, 2012) of center and suburb has facilitated ‘the triumph of the city’ (Glaeser, 2011) (cf.”
Leisure Time, Leisure Activities, and Happiness in China (2015, background): “Glaeser (2011) also contends that cities offer benefits and amenities that make people richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier.”
The Economic Performance of European Cities and City Regions: Myths and Realities (2013, background): “This interest has continued to grow, and the analysis of the economic role of cities has been spearheaded by regional scientists, economic geographers and urban economists based primarily in North America (Scott, 1988; Florida, 2002, 2005; Sassen, 2002; Rosenthal & Strange, 2004; Glaeser, 2011).”
Mortgage Market Design (2012, background): “Also, there are countervailing negative environmental externalities arising from the dispersed and energy-intensive nature of owner-occupied housing (Glaeser 2011).”
The Rise of Second-Rank Cities: What Role for Agglomeration Economies? (2015, background): “Against the much celebrated triumph of (large) cities (Glaeser, 2011), recent empirical evidence has been presented on the fact that in the EU the last two decades witnessed a relatively comparable performance across cities of first and second rank.”
Keys to the City: How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development (2013, background): “As such, it speaks to the community of urban economists, and explicitly and implicitly, those debates led by Glaeser (2011) on the role of amenity in inducing labor mobility.”
On water security, sustainability, and the water-food-energy-climate nexus (2013, background): “For their part, cities are increasingly perceived as the engines of the global economy [44,45].”
Entrepreneurship Within Urban and Rural Areas: Creative People and Social Networks (2014, background): “This finding could strengthen arguments that indicate that a relationship exists between creativity and larger cities regarding entrepreneurship (FLORIDA, 2010; GLAESER, 2011).”
Urbanization and poverty reduction - the role of rural diversification and secondary towns (2013, background): “This is welcomed as a most positive development by some observers, as exemplified in “The Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier” (Glazer, 2011).”