Urban Structure and Growth

Robustness Appendix for Urban Structure and Growth

In the simple version of the model presented in “Urban Structure and Growth”, we made assumptions designed to ensure that cities would perfectly specialize in terms of the industries producing in them. This assumption was for the purposes of simplicity, but also served to capture the idea that there are substantial di¤erences in the industry composition across cities. Nevertheless, cities are n...

Urban Structure: Its Role in Urban Growth, Net New Business Formation and Industrial Churn

Cities are the “engines of growth” because entrepreneurial and creative activities are concentrated in cities. This suggests that cities grow by hosting new businesses and “churning” industries advantageously. In so doing, cities need to adapt their spatial structure to mitigate negative externalities. Our previous paper (Lee and Gordon 2007) found that the links between urban structure and gro...

Ancient Iranian Urban Structure and its Situation in Contemporary City

Urban Growth and Health

1. Urban Development 1.1. Increase of Urban Population 1.2. Size of Cities 1.3. Growth of Slums 2. Health Implications of Urban Growth 2.1. urban Characteristics of Health 2.1.1. Urban Health Hazards 2.1.2. The Health Transition 2.2. Specific Health Situations in Slum Areas 3. Future Challenges 3.1. Sustainability of Urban Systems 3.2. Aging of Urban Populations Glossary Bibliography Biographic...

Analysis of Dome Structure in Iranian - Islamic architecture and urban structure

The most important characteristic of dome and factors influencing it in the Islamic Iranian architecture that is different from other courses is construction and construction methods of them. Over time, different factors are involved in the process of formation of the domes. It is one of the factors influencing the structure of Iranian-Islamic domes. By examining the structure of Iranian-Islami...