This paper reviews recent empirical research on the growth of US cities. Several key drivers of urban growth have been identified: roads, amenities, human capital, entrepreneurship and agglomeration effects, housing supply constraints, and industry shocks. The implications of these findings for...

The French regions have since 1997 for some of them, and since 2002 for the others, to a sponsor of public service for regional travelers, faced with a monopoly of the SNCF. Economic theory and the first assessments show that the monopo­ly will receive an informational means. One wonders...

The objective of this policy is to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable and sustainable access for the growing number of city residents to jobs, education, recreation and such other needs within our cities. URL:[http://urbanindia.nic.in/policies/TransportPolicy.pdf].

The importance of a focus on mobility and the kilometres travelled using light duty vehicles is reflected in the persistence of strong demand for personal mobility and emissions that tend to be linked with population and economic growth. Simulation results using the WITCH model show that changes...

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Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavorable locations for centuries?  We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanization in Britain,...