In South America, the urban population has been growing rapidly over last century, with a share of more than 80% expected by 2020. This trend created new challenges for city planning because municipalities must address issues caused horizontal expansion and informal occupation peripheral areas. Frequently, latter are not designed or equipped basic needs inhabitants. research is based on work MG...

This article reconstructs the historical transformation of mobility in city Maastricht period 1950–1980, from cycling as most popular mode traveling 1950s to car driving by end 1970s. Based on an analysis written sources and oral history interviews with travelers other practitioners who experienced this shift themselves, sheds light transformation, its key actors, main drivers. Combining insigh...

The scale and urgency of sustainability problems the world over has led to calls for transformations in cities, regions, countries. Such transformation are underlain by a persistent knowledge-to-action gap between scientific knowledge production, policy, practice. To rise challenges resilience, municipal administrators need set evidence-based ambitious targets develop strategies achieve them. S...

This paper investigates the interrelationship between urbanization, structural transformation, and post-2000 Chinese housing boom through lens of a dynamic spatial equilibrium model that features migration rich market structure with mortgages. Urbanization transformation emerge as key drivers China's house price boom, while at same time rising prices impede these forces economic transition. Pol...