Urban Form and Productivity: What Shapes Are Latin-American Cities?

Publicado en

  • Environment and Planning B

Resumen

  • This paper examines the linkages between urban form and city productivity using seven alternative metrics for urban form and applying them to a comprehensive sample of Latin-American cities. While most of the literature has concentrated on the effects of population density (compact vs. sprawling urban development), this paper seeks to assess whether different dimensions of a city’s urban form, such as shape, structure, and land use, affect its economic performance. We found that both the shape of the urban extent and the inner-city connectedness have a statistically significant association with the productivity level of a city.

fecha de publicación

  • 2022

Líneas de investigación

  • Latin America
  • Nighttime Lights
  • Productivity
  • Urban Form

Volumen

  • 49

Issue

  • 1