With rapid urban expansion and loss of open space, attractive local landscapes will continue
to gain importance in location decisions and on political agendas. The present study reviews …

We provide a comprehensive overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different spatial
econometric model specifications in terms of spillover effects. Based on this overview, we …

This chapter assesses the recent multidisciplinary research on urban quality of life.
Amenities, or site-specific benefits, drive the relocation of households and firms at both the …

Recent concepts such as 'megaregions' and 'polycentric urban regions' emphasize that
external economies are not confined to a single urban core, but are shared among a …

A structural model of regional economic growth is estimated using data for 2243 rural US
counties. Five indices designed to capture specific amenity and quality of life characteristics …

The volume on New Directions in Spatial Econometrics appeared in 1995 as one of the first
in the then new Springer series on Advances in Spatial Sciences. It very quickly became …

Planners are increasingly viewing land-use policy as a way to manage transport demand.
Yet the evidence on the link between land use and travel behaviour is inconclusive. This …

I investigate the effect of improvements to the transportation infrastructure on changes in
location patterns of population in Barcelona, Spain between 1991 and 2006. At a census …

This paper uses a simultaneous model of census tract population and employment to study
the economic impacts of Atlanta's MARTA rail transit system. The results indicated that …

Amenities are regarded as increasingly important to the location decisions of certain types of
firm. Yet they are often ignored in economic development research because of the …