Journal of Urban Affairs

The Handbook of Displacement, by Peter Adey, Janet C. Bowstead, Katherine Brickell, Vandana Desai, Mike Dolton, Alasdair Pinkerton and Ayesha Siddiqi (eds.), Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan under Springer Nature, 2020. Reviewed by: Aysegul Can, Istanbul Medeniyet University This ambitious and extensive, edited book on displacement brings together many different authors from all around the world from… Continue reading Take a Look at this Preview of an Upcoming Book Review: “The Handbook of Displacement”, reviewed by Aysegul Can

Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, & Survival in Boston's Chinatown, 1880-2018, by Michael Liu, Boston, MA, University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Reviewed by: Carlos Teixeira, University of British Columbia Boston’s history has been defined by successive waves of immigration, which have played a key role in shaping the city’s rich and complex urban cultural mosaic. Throughout… Continue reading Take a Look at this Preview of an Upcoming Book Review: “Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, & Survival in Boston’s Chinatown, 1880-2018”, reviewed by Carlos Teixeira

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Urban Economics. Housing demolition and property tax delinquency: Evidence from Detroit, by Camila Alvayay Torrejón, Dusan Paredes & Mark Skidmore Abstract The purpose of this article is to evaluate the degree to which the demolition of low-quality structures affects… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Urban Economics! Housing demolition and property tax delinquency: Evidence from Detroit, by Camila Alvayay Torrejón, Dusan Paredes & Mark Skidmore

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Urban Economics. Decreasing delinquency through assessment reductions: Evidence from Detroit, by Timothy R. Hodge Abstract Detroit recently decreased assessments for 3 consecutive years, 2014–2016, with 2 possible types of reduction: a decrease in assessment without a decrease in property… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Urban Economics! Decreasing delinquency through assessment reductions: Evidence from Detroit, by Timothy R. Hodge

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Urban Economics. Can tax incentives create a local film industry? Evidence from Louisiana and New Mexico, by Patrick Button Abstract State film incentives (SFIs) are a recent and popular economic development incentive. I study these through case studies of… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Urban Economics! Can tax incentives create a local film industry? Evidence from Louisiana and New Mexico, by Patrick Button

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Urban Economics. Drivers of differences in inventiveness across urban and rural regions, by Giri Raj Aryal, John Mann, Scott Loveridge & Satish Joshi Abstract ThiHeterogeneity of inventiveness across urban, metro-adjacent rural and remote rural counties is analyzed using a… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Urban Economics! Drivers of differences in inventiveness across urban and rural regions, by Giri Raj Aryal, John Mann, Scott Loveridge & Satish Joshi

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Urban Economics. A toolkit for evaluating spatially targeted urban redevelopment incentives: Methods, lessons, and best practices, by Andrew Hanson & Shawn Rohlin Abstract This article offers a comprehensive and practical guide to program evaluation methods as they apply to… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Urban Economics! A toolkit for evaluating spatially targeted urban redevelopment incentives: Methods, lessons, and best practices, by Andrew Hanson & Shawn Rohlin

Articles from our current Special Issue, Urban Economics, have been posted! Please see all the links below for an introduction to all of our articles in this issue. Introduction By: Mark Skidmore This special issue presents a compilation of five articles in urban economics. The articles offer a sampling of urban economic topics, beginning with… Continue reading Special Issue Preview: Urban Economics

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Smart Governance in the Contemporary Era. Open government data in the smart city: Interoperability, urban knowledge, and linking legacy systems, by Thomas Lodato, Emma French & Jennifer Clark Abstract Open government data (OGD) promise to reveal new insights and… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Smart Governance in the Contemporary Era! Open government data in the smart city: Interoperability, urban knowledge, and linking legacy systems, by Thomas Lodato, Emma French & Jennifer Clark

This article can be found in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs regarding Smart Governance in the Contemporary Era. Revisit the drivers and barriers to e-governance in the mobile age: A case study on the adoption of city management mobile apps for smart urban governance, by Tian Tang, Jinghui (Jove) Hou, Daniel… Continue reading Now available from our current issue, Smart Governance in the Contemporary Era! Revisit the drivers and barriers to e-governance in the mobile age: A case study on the adoption of city management mobile apps for smart urban governance, by Tian Tang, Jinghui (Jove) Hou, Daniel L. Fay & Catherine Annis