Zoning, the most prevalent land use planning tool in the United States, has substantial equity and public health implications. Zoning determines where various categories of land use may go, thereby influencing the location of resulting environmental and health impacts. Industrially zoned areas permit noxious land uses and typically carry higher environmental burdens than other areas. Using NewY...

This study proposes a spatial model to examine dynamic interactions among growth, economic geography, the housing market, and public goods in a small, open economic growth model. We emphasize the impact of transport, land and fiscal policy on the spatial economy. The economy consists of the industrial sector, housing sector and local public goods. The model synthesizes the main ideas in the neo...

Many applications tend to allow automated login by storing passwords/cookies on the smartphone. As an alternative, recently there have been efforts to fingerprint devices for identification and authentication [2]. Towards that end, we explore whether it is possible to fingerprint a smartphone using its built-in hardware sensors such as accelerometers. Smartphone accelerometers are based on Micr...

We are exploring ways to capture the temporal and spatial dimensions of the use of public transit. Specifically, we are investigating how different land uses affect the spatial and temporal demand for public transit services. Spatially, the availability of new data collection technology in public transit allows us to examine transit demand at the individual stop level. Our hypothesis, however, ...