During my early college studies in Architecture and Urban Design, I became loosely familiar with the ideas of Jane Jacobs, one of the most celebrated urbanist intellectuals. Sanford Ikeda’s FEE lectures [mp3] have inspired me to learn more about Jane Jacobs from a Free Market Urbanism point of view. Here’s an article by Professors [...]
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August 29th, 2008 | Tags: Ed Glaeser, Farmland, FEE, free market urbanism, Gene Callahan, Ikeda, Jane Jacobs, libertarian, Mathew Kahn, Professors, Sanford, Urban Economist, Urbanism | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl | 12 comments |  printable viewEver hear of interesting economic indicators such as the correlation beween the economy and length of skirts? Here’s one urbanists should appreciate: the skyscraper index, which shows strong correlation between the completion of world’s tallest buildings and downturns in the business cycle. Mark Thornton discusses the skyscraper index in his article, Skyscrapers and Business [...] August 26th, 2008 | Tags: Building, business cycles, construction, development, Dubai, Economics, macroeconomics, skyscrapers | Category: Economics | 9 comments | printable viewFor quite some time, Economist Walter Block has been one of the more radical thinkers when it comes to advocating free market solutions. Many of his writings on roads and rent control are featured in the Links to Articles, Academic Papers and Books page. Today’s Lew Rockwell Podcast features an interview with Professor Block [...] August 20th, 2008 | Tags: competition, congestion, highways, history, Lew Rockwell, milton friedman, podcast, privatization, roads, socialism, Walter Block | Category: Economics, privatization, Transportation | Leave a comment | printable view
affordability in the LA area affordability in New York City Play with the HUD-Brookings Institution’s new index maps here: The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, developed by CNT and its collaborative partners, the Center for Transit Oriented Development (CTOD), is an innovative tool that measures the true affordability of housing. Planners, lenders, and [...] August 14th, 2008 | Tags: affordability, Chicago, CNT, development, housing, HUD-Brookings, nyc, Peter Gordon, transit | Category: Economics, housing | 2 comments | printable viewI’m a little slow picking up on this one, but the Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Harvard Urban Economist, Ed Glaeser. Here are some excerpts from State of the City: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: What effect will higher gasoline prices have on urban planning in the U.S.? MR. GLAESER: I would be very surprised [...] August 11th, 2008 | Tags: Chicago, Ed Glaeser, housing, New York City | Category: Economics, housing | 11 comments | printable viewNIMBYism is the biggest obstacle to the evolution of vibrant urban communities, but the incentives for some to use public forums to impose restrictions on neighboring properties are great. Local politicians often bow to the most vocal residents, often with minority opinions, to avoid making waves, but their impositions are at the expense of [...] August 6th, 2008 | Tags: activism, community, NIMBY | Category: planning, zoning | 8 comments | printable viewI’ve been swamped in my day job, but want to share the following: The blog, Agents of Urbanism recently gave praise to Market Urbanism. Thanks Matthew! Please check out Agents of Urbanism and Life Without Buildings, who followed up on Agent of Urbanism’s praise. I enjoy both blogs. Carl Close wrote How “Urban Renewal” [...] August 1st, 2008 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Carl Close, Fillmore District, Jane Jacobs, San Francisco, sprawl, Urban Planning, urban renewal, Urbanism | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl | 3 comments | printable view |
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