This paper surveys recent literature examining the relationship between environmental amenities and urban growth. In this survey, we focus on the role of both exogenous attributes such as climate and coastal access as well as endogenous attributes such as local air pollution and green space. A...

We study the long-term impact of climate change on economic activity across countries, using a stochastic growth model where labour productivity is affected by country-specific climate variables--defined as deviations of temperature and precipitation from their historical norms. Using a panel...

Urban flooding poses danger to people and places. People can adapt to this risk by moving to safer areas or by investing in private self-protection. Places can offset some of the risk through urban planning and infrastructure investment. By constructing a global city data set that covers the...

Too much gas -- What we've done when our cities have blown up -- King of the hill -- Playing 1 on 1 with kobe bryant -- Will Manhattan flood? -- Will China's cities go green? -- Bono's anxieties -- Seize the day : opportunities from our hotter future -- The future of cities

Introduction -- Measuring urban environmental quality -- The urban environmental Kuznets curve -- Income growth and the urban environment: -- The role of the market -- Income growth and greener governance -- Population growth and the urban environment -- Spatial growth: the environmental cost of...