Econometric studies of urban population density: a survey

Article Abstract:

Urban economists traditionally have studied urban population destinies, utilizing econometric methods to explain variations in urban population spatial patterns across urban areas. The development of economic knowledge in many fields, including urban economics, proceeds through five stages: accumulating pertinent data; examining data; formulating economic models; empirical estimation and testing; and using models for forecasting, policy analysis, and examining propositions. One of the major problems encountered in estimating population density is the negative exponential function. Many researchers have expanded beyond estimating population density into researching variations in density, using economic models of housing and density in order to search for empirical realities needing theoretical explanation.

Analysis, Urban population

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Urban spatial structure and income: new estimates

Article Abstract:

Modified versions of the density-rent and density-distance relations are estimated and compared with standard equations. Results of the study indicate: that income is an important variable, contributing to the explanation of density-rent and density-distance relations; that theoretical form of the modified versions perform better than ad hoc specifications; and that the inclusion of a variable representing neighborhood quality further improved the modified equation.

Israel, Housing research, Rental housing

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The intensity of land use in urban employment sectors: Chicago, 1956-1970

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Net employment density and net floor space density in four employment sectors of metropolitan Chicago (as of 1956 and compared to 1970) are examined. The comparisons indicate a decline of land use in the manufacturing sector and as increase in the commercial sector. A trend toward the suburbanization of employment is also indicated by the analysis of data supplied by the Chicago Area Transportation Study.

Employment

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