Using individual panel data from Australia, this paper finds that people in urban areas are less happy than those in other areas. In fixed effects models, the urban effect on happiness is estimated by comparing the happiness levels of migrants when they are in urban areas to levels in other...

This paper examines the effects of floods on urban development dynamics using geolocalized data on the universe of buildings in Spain from 1996 to 2021. We provide empirical evidence that floods foster local urban development and yield taller, more compact urban layouts, attracting populations,...

Urbanization and the increasing frequency of extreme climate events have required cities around the world to improve their flood resilience. In this study, we present a spatiotemporal flood simulation–urban model that integrates refined and multi-temporal scales and includes multi-scale radar...

The increasing occurrence of floods due to global climate change poses challenges to the growth of urban resilience. However, research on how to avoid flood risks in the process of long-term and detailed land use development is limited. To address this issue, this paper proposes a method that...

This paper aims at examining interpersonal income and consumption inequality within the Attica Metropolitan Region, which includes Athens, the largest metropolis of Greece. It also aims to make comparisons between Attica and the rest of the country. The analysis is based on income and...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of city integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main...

This paper examines the employment situation of all counties in the United States. With a new framework designed to structure 3,283 counties into six tiers, I measure the progress of economic development across the rural-urban continuum. Benchmarks of establishments, employment level, and annual...

Purpose – This study analyzes large differences and similarities through comparison with national level business fluctuations, including differences between regions within the Dongnam metropolitan area, focusing on the impact of major domestic and international economic shocks....