The energy implications of city size and density

Larson, William D.; Yezer, Anthony M.

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2015.08.001

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“…Various kinds of horizontal, vertical, and temporal mixtures of land use not only challenge current zoning regulations, but also affect other urban sectors such as transportation. In fact, a compact city might consume more energy [98,99]. As a whole, there should be diverse strategies for different regions in future climate change mitigation discussions.…”

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How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

Chen

Chiu

2020

Sustainability

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The Fifth Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5) revealed that the scale of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Asian cities is similar to those from developed economies, which are driven predominantly by economic growth. Due to variations in geographic and climatic contexts, culture and religion, living style and travel behavior, governance and institutions, and a wide range of density and land use mixes, there are significant variations in urban form patterns across Western and Asian cities. This paper uses a systematic review, which is a critical interpretive synthesis methodology, to review keywords of studies related to urban form among East and Southeast Asian cities. From 3725 records identified through database searching, 213 studies were included in qualitative analysis. The results show that, although the population density in built-up areas is higher, annual population density is declining significantly in East and Southeast Asia. In addition, there are various kinds of land use mixes including horizontal, vertical, and temporal forms. As a whole, the inconsistencies of urban form characteristics exist not only between Western and Asian cities, but also among Asian cities. Serious population density decreases in Asian cities might indicate that they are undergoing similar urban development processes to those of Western cities. We should be aware of the potential lock-in trends of urban development patterns in Chinese and Southeast Asian cities.

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How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

Chen

Chiu

2020

Sustainability

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“…There are also some theoretical papers on urban structure and pollution, see Borck (2016), Borck and Brueckner (2016), Dascher (2014), Larson et al (2012) and Tscharaktschiew and Hirte (2010). Finally, Glaeser and Kahn (2010) and Larson and Yezer (2015) study empirically the relation between GHG emissions or energy use and city structure. Glaeser and Kahn (2010) find that large, dense cities in the US produce fewer GHG emissions.…”

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Pollution and city size: can cities be too small?

Borck

Tabuchi

2018

Journal of Economic Geography

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We study optimal and equilibrium sizes of cities in a city system model with pollution. Pollution is a function of population size. If pollution is local or per-capita pollution increases with population, equilibrium cities are too large under symmetry; with asymmetric cities, the largest cities are too large and the smallest too small. When pollution is global and per-capita pollution declines with city size, cities may be too small under symmetry; with asymmetric cities, the largest cities are too small and the smallest too large if the marginal damage of pollution is large enough. We calibrate the model to US cities and find that the largest cities may be undersized by 3–4%.

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“…Some of the theoretical results shown here are also anticipated in a recent numerical simulation study of the open city model. Larson and Yezer ()'s numerical simulation results show that average unit size decreases in a larger city where city income is higher. But their results reply on specific functional form, which is less general than in this study.…”

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Housing Consumption Declines With Income in the Open‐city Model: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Liu

2016

Journal of Regional Science

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This paper demonstrates that the standard urban model (SUM) has important, previously unknown, and rather counterintuitive predictions about the determinants of housing consumption in cities. For example, the SUM predicts that, as higher wages in the central business district prompt city growth, the housing space per household falls, that is, rising income is associated with falling housing consumption. Empirical testing using a specially constructed panel data set of U.S. cities, confirms this prediction. When city size, income, and housing price rise, housing space per household falls.

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The energy implications of city size and density

Cited by 72 publications

References 39 publications

How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

Pollution and city size: can cities be too small?

Housing Consumption Declines With Income in the Open‐city Model: Theory and Empirical Evidence

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