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Study on the evolution of hot topics in the urban development
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Urbanization is crucially important for people to improve the quality of life. Thus, it is of importance to study the evolution of hot topics to explore the functions of cities for meeting the increasing demands of people. In this paper, we explored the semantic analysis of hot topics and trends in urban studies from the literature, which provides a research direction for future studies. Based on articles collected from the Science Citation Index Expanded and Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science databases from 2000 to 2016, we found that the number of urban studies increased in stability during that time. Followed by England and China, USA was the largest contributor for studies in this field. Based on the keywords and abstracts of these articles, we extracted the topics of the study using a clustering method and topic model, and calculated the hot values of the topics. Finally, we obtained 15 hot topics in the field of urban studies, among which “city”, “school”, “regional economic”, and “estate” were the hottest topics that indicated the focus of the research study. An anomaly detection method was used to analyze the change trend of topics’ hot values, and we found that the hot value of these topics overall were on the rise, especially “urban education” and “urban planning” increased significantly, which indicated that they attracted an increasing amount of scholars’ attention, but the hot value of “health” and “Gis” decreased significantly recently, which suggested that research interest in these two topics is decreasing.
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- Bluestone, chapters 1 , 2
- Inman, chapters 1 and 2
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- Glaeser chapters 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
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Bluestone, chapter 10
Glaeser, chapter 7
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- Glaeser, Edward L. and Matthew E. Kahn (2004). “ Sprawl and Urban Growth ,” Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, 4: 2481-2527
- Glaeser, Edward L., Matthew E. Kahn and Jordan Rappaport. (2008). “ Why do the poor live in cities? The role of public transportation .” Journal of Urban Economics 63(1): 1-24
- Helfand, Gloria, and Ann Wolverton. “ Evaluating the Consumer Response to Fuel Economy: A Review of the Literature .” International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 5.2 (2011): 103-146
- Kenworthy,Jeffrey R. and Felix B. Laube. (1996) “ Automobile dependence in cities: An international comparison of urban transport and land use patterns with implications for sustainability ,” Environmental Impact Assessment Review 16(4–6): 279–308
- Litman, Todd (2006). “ London Congestion Pricing Implications for Other Cities .” Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Jan 10
- Mahaparta, Lisa (2013). “ Gas Prices At The Pump: Europeans Pay Almost Twice As Much As US Residents ” International Business Times
- Ford, Peter (2005). “ Gas prices too high? Try Europe .” The Christian Science Monitor
- “ FACTBOX: Auto emission standards around the world .” Reuters 2009
- Snavely, Brent (2012). “ U.S. announces tough new 54.5-mpg CAFE standard for vehicle fuel economy ” Detroit Free Press
- End of Suburbia documentary
Week 8, 9, 10: (April 1-20) Segregation and Housing
Rise of the suburb
Housing segregation
Housing assistance and promoting home ownership
Third Writing Assignment due
Inman, chapter 5
Bluestone, chapter 12
Edwards, chapter 13
O’Sullivan, chapter 8
Reading Articles :
Fischel, William A. “ An Economic History of Zoning and a Cure for its Exclusionary Effects ,” Urban Studies , 41(2): 317–340, February 2004
“ Social Benefits of Homeownership and Stable Housing ,” National Association of Realtors Research Division , August 2010
Dietz, Robert D. and Donald R. Haurin (2003). “ The social and private micro-level consequences of homeownership ,” Journal of Urban Economics , 54 (3): 401–450
Collins, Michael (2003). “ Towards a Strategic Federal Policy Promoting Homeownership ,” Federal Homeownership Policy.
Ross, Stephen (2008). “ Understanding Racial Segregation: What is known about the Effect of Housing Discrimination ,” UConn Working Paper
Seitles, Marc (1996). “ The Perpetuation of Residential Racial Segregation in America: Historical Discrimination, Modern Forms of Exclusion, and Inclusionary Remedies ,” Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law
Ladd, Helen (1998). “ Evidence on Discrimination in Mortgage Lending ,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives ,12(2): 41- 62
Been,Vicki, Ingrid Ellen, and Josiah Madar (2008). “ The High Cost of Segregation: Exploring Racial Disparities in High Cost Lending ,” Fordham Urban Law Journal , 36(3)
US Census Bureau. Residential Segregation of Blacks or African Americans: 1980- 2000 , Chapter 5, page 59
Suresh, Geetha and Gennaro f. Vito (2009). “ Homicide Patterns and Public Housing : The Case of Louisville, KY (1989- 2007)” Homicide Studies
Popkin, Susan J., Michael J. Rich, Leah Hendey, Chris Hayes, and Joe Parilla, “ Public Housing Transformation and Crime: Making the Case for Responsible relocation” The Urban Institute
Denvir, Daniel (2011). “ The Ten Most Segregated Urban Areas in America ,” Salon, March 29
David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser, and Jacob L. Vigdor (1999). “ The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto ,” Journal of Political Economy , 107(3): 455- 506
Chetty, Raj, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence F. Katz. 2016. “The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment.” American Economic Review 106 (4): 855–902. Non-technical summary
Chetty, Raj, and Nathaniel Hendren. 2018. “The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 133(3): 1107-1162. Non-technical summary.
Week 11, 12, 13 April (April 22 – May 11): Education
Education and Market failure
Education crisis, segregation and empirical evidence
presentations
O’Sullivan, chapter 12
Bluestone, chapter 8
Inman, chapter 9
Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even Hand” A century of Racial segregation , Library of Congress
- Hoxby, Caroline Minter (1996). “ Are Efficiency and Equity in School Finance Substitutes or Complements? ” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10(4): 51-73
- Tulip, Peter and Gregory Wurzburg (2007). “ Primary and Secondary Education in the United States ,” OECD Economics Department working Paper No. 585
- Taylor, Lori (1999) “ Government’s Role in Primary and Secondary Education ,” Economic Review — Dallas, 15 – 23
- The Cities, Suburbs and Schools Project website . (read the report titled: Visual Guide to Sheff vs. O’Neill School Desegregation)
- Bifulco, Robert, Helen Ladd and Stephen Ross (2009). “ The Effects of Public School Choice on Those Left Behind: Evidence from Durham, North Carolina ,” Peabody Journal of Education, 84:130- 149
- Ross, Stephen, John Clapp and Anupam Nanda (2008). “ Which school attributes matter? The influence of school district performance and demographic composition on property values ,” Journal of Urban Economics 63, 451-466
- Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, and Jonah E. Rockoff. 2011. “Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood.” American Economic Review 104 (9): 2633–79.
- Fredriksson, Peter, Björn Öckert, and Hessel Oosterbeek. 2013. “Long-Term Effects of Class Size.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 128 (1): 249–85.
- Reardon, Sean. 2016. “School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps.” Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2 (5): 34–57.
- Reardon, Sean, Demetra Kalagrides, and Kenneth Shores. 2016. “The Geography of Racial/ Ethnic Test Score Gaps.” CEPA Working Paper , no. 16.
- Bifulco, Robert, Jason Fletcher, Sun Jung Oh and Stephen Ross (2009). “ Do High School Peers Have Persistent Effects on College Attainment and Other Life Outcomes? ” Labour Economics 29: 83- 90
- Dobbie, Will, and Roland G. Fryer. 2011. “Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children’s Zone.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (3): 158–87.
- Baker, Bruce (2012). “ Does Money Matter in Education? ” The Albert Shanker Institute
- Hoxby, Caroline, and Sarah Turner. 2013. “Expanding College Opportunities for High-Achieving, Low Income Students.” Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper , no. 12-014: 1–57
- Zimmerman, Seth D. 2014. “The Returns to College Admission for Academically Marginal Students.” Journal of Labor Economics 32(4): 711-754.
- Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hilger, Emmanuel Saez, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Danny Yagan. 2011. “How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project STAR.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 126 (4): 1593–1660.
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Sieg, H. (2020). Urban Economics and Fiscal Policies. Princeton University Press. TOPICS: Most of the topics that we will cover in this course below are listed below.The reading list below is not meant to be a survey of the literature. It primarily covers my own research and the research of previous Ph.D. students at Penn or Carnegie Mellon.
Topics in Urban Economics, Local Public Finance, and Political Economy: Spring 2021 COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course provides an introduction to current research in urban economics, local public nance, and the political economy of state and local governments. The objec-tive of the course is to prepare and encourage 2nd year and 3rd year Ph.D ...
The findings of this paper show that research on the urban informal economy has grown from 2000 to 2021, which is a 22-year period in which this review paper was based. The main themes of urban economic informality research depict it as a multifaceted system that is constituted by inputs, processes and outputs that have linkages with the formal ...
Special Issue: Urban Economics. This special issue presents a compilation of five articles in urban economics. The articles offer a sampling of urban economic topics, beginning with a methods piece on evaluating spatially targeted development incentives. The Hanson and Rohlin article offers a comprehensive and practical guide to program ...
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Amid globalization and market liberalization, urban informality has continued to grow in leaps and bounds in many parts of the world. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of studies conducted on urban economic informality at various geopolitical contexts to provide an update on the current state of knowledge in the urban informal economy-related ...
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