Category Archives: Economics

Industries and Urban Form: categorizing businesses by proximity and speed

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

As technology continues to improve and performance standards are met or bettered, it seems increasingly less relevant to plan for specific industrial uses. In this rapdly changing market economy, how are we able to correcly project where an industrial business should be … Continue reading →

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Economics and Affordable Housing

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

Do urban planners know enough about urban economics? Just mentioning economics is often enough to cause most eyes to glaze over. Why should planners’ eyes be any different? One reason that urban planners don’t tend to study economics too much … Continue reading →

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