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Training The Trainers Program

 

Urban Economics, Planning and Policy

 

 

 

July 18-22, 2005

Beijing, China 

 

 

Curriculum

 

 

MODULE A:  Urban Economics

 

Day

Topics

Instructor

Event

Day 1: Morning

8:30-9:30

 

 

10:00-12:00

Opening Ceremony

Introduction to Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Course Overview

 

Urban Economics, Policy and Planning:

Urban Spatial Structure and City Competitiveness

Readings:

  • Ding, C., 2005, City Development Strategy: How to Make Plan to Enhance City Competitiveness, City Planning Forum (submitted).

  • Ding, C, 2004, Spatial Structure and City Competitiveness, ACTA Geographic Sinica, Vol. 59 supplement: 85-92.

  • Ding, C, 2004, Is Population Density of Chinese Cities High? City Planning Review, Vol. 199,  No. 8: 43-48.

Chengri Ding

 

 

 

Chengri Ding

Welcome reception

Day 1: Afternoon

1:30-5:00

A non-technical presentation of land-use theory

Readings:

  • DiPasquale, D. and W. Wheaton. Urban Economics and Real Estate Markets. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996.

Yves Zenou

 

Day 2: Morning

8:30-12:00

The basic urban model with identical agents

Readings:

  • Brueckner, J., 1987, The Structure of Urban Equilibria: A Unified Treatment of the Muth-Mills Model, E.S. Mills (Ed.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 2, Chap. 20, pp. 821-845.

Yves Zenou

 

Day 2: Afternoon

1:30-5:00

Optimality of the equilibrium allocation and comparative static of the urban model

Readings:

  • Brueckner, J., 1987, The Structure of Urban Equilibria: A Unified Treatment of the Muth-Mills Model

Chengri Ding

 

Day 3: Morning

8:30-12:00

The basic urban model with heterogeneous agents

Readings:

  • Brueckner, J., 1987, The Structure of Urban Equilibria: A Unified Treatment of the Muth-Mills Model, E.S. Mills (Ed.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 2, Chap. 20, pp. 821-845.

Yves Zenou

 

Day 3: Afternoon

1:30-5:00

Transportation Economics and Congestion Pricing

Readings:

  • Arnott, R., Small, K., 1994. The economics of traffic congestion. American Scientist 82, 446 ¨C 455.

  • Arnott, Richard. Congestion tolling and urban spatial structure. Journal of Regional Science; Aug98, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p495-505.

  • Robert B. Noland and Lewison L. Lem. A review of the evidence for induced travel and changes in transportation and environmental policy in the US and the UK  Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2002, Pages 1-26.

Yan Song

 

Day 4: Morning

8:30-12:00

Urban unemployment

Readings:

  • Zenou, Y., Smith, T.E., 1995, Efficiency wages, involuntary unemployment and urban spatial structure, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 25, 547-573.

  • Zenou, Y., Wasmer, E., 2002, Does city structure affect search and welfare?, Journal of Urban Economics, 51, 515-541.

Yves Zenou

 

Day 4: Afternoon

1:30-5:00

Housing Economics

Readings:

  • DiPasquale, D. and W. Wheaton. Urban economics and real estate markets. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996.

  • Rosen, S., 1974, Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Product Differentiation in Pure Competition, Journal of Political Economy, 82: 34-55.

  • Song, Yan and Gerrit J. Knaap, (2003), ¡°New Urbanism and Housing Values: A Disaggregate Assessment.¡± Journal of Urban Economics, 54: 218 - 238.

Yan Song

 

Day 5: Morning

8:30-12:00

Urban unemployment and rural-urban migration

Readings:

  • Harris, J.R., Todaro, M.P., 1970, Migration, unemployment and development: A two-sector analysis, American Economic Review, 60, 126-142.

  • Todaro, M.P., 1969, A model of labor migration and urban unemployment in less developed countries, American Economic Review, 59, 138-148.

  • Brueckner, J.K., Zenou, Y, 1999, Harris-Todaro models with a land market, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 29, 317-339.

Yves Zenou

 

Day 5: Afternoon

1:30-5:00

Urban Agglomeration

Readings:

  • Fujita, M., Thisse, J-F., 2002, Economics of Agglomeration, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Krugman, P., 1991, Increasing returns and economic geography, Journal of Political Economy, 99, 483-499.

  • Zenou, Y., 2000, Urban unemployment, agglomeration and transportation policies, Journal of Public Economics, 77, 97-133.

Yves Zenou

 

Day 5: Evening

 

 

Dinner

 

 
 

MODULE B: Urban Policy and Planning

 

 

Day

Topics

Instructor

Event

Day 1: Morning

8:15-10:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15-12:00

 

 

Overview of research methods in urban economics

Readings:

  • Case, B., H.O. Pollakowski, and S.M. Wachter, 1991, On Choosing Among House Price Index Methodologies, AREUEA Journal, 19,3: 286-307.

  • Rosen, S., 1974, Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Product Differentiation in Pure Competition, Journal of Political Economy, 82: 34-55.

 

Hedonics: determinants of land and housing prices

Readings:

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., 1998, The Determinants of Residential Property Values: Implications for Regional Planning, Journal of Planning Literature, 12,3: 267-82.

  • Brigham, E.F., 1965, The Determinants of Residential Land Values, Land Economics, 41: 325-34.

  • Potepan, M.J., 1996, Explaining Intermetropolitan Variation in Housing Prices, Rents and Land Prices, AREUEA Journal, 24: 219-45.

Gerrit Knaap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerrit Knaap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome reception

Day 1: Afternoon

1:00-2:45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00-4:45

 

Do Cities Still Matter? Market Forces for Urbanization

Readings:

  • Glaeser, E., ¡°Are Cities Dying?¡± J. Econ. Perspectives, Spring 1998.

  • Henderson, J.V., "Marshall's Scale Economies," Journal of Urban Economics, 53 (1),1-28 (2003).

 

Firm location

Readings:

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., 1989, The Spatial Distribution of Physicians in Urban Areas: New Empirical Evidence, Medical Care, 27,12:1-8.

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., 1989, Doctors and Their Workshops: A Spatial Perspective, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 19:143-57.

Yan Song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerrit Knaap

 

Day 2: Morning

8:15-10:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15-12:00

 

Land Markets, Policy, and Urban Spatial Structure

Readings:

  • McDonald, John F. 1989. Econometric studies of urban population density: a survey. Journal of Urban Economics. 26:361-385.

  • Ding, C., 2004, Urban Spatial Development in the Land Policy Reform Era: Evidence from Beijing, Urban Studies, Vol. 41, No. 10, 1889-1907, September.

  • Ingram, G.K. Patterns of Metropolitan Development: What Have We Learned? Urban Studies, Jun98.

 

Sprawl

Readings:

Chengri Ding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chengri Ding

 

 

Day 2: Afternoon

1:00-2:45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00-4:45

 

Urban growth management

Readings:

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., 1985, The Price Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries in Metropolitan Portland, Oregon, Land Economics, and 61,1:26-35.

  • Schwartz, S.I., and P. Zorn, 1988, A Critique of Quasiexperimental and Statistical Controls for Measuring Program Effects: Application to Urban Growth Control, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 7,3: 491-505.

 

Land use controls

Readings:

  • Pogodzinski, J.M, and T.R. Sass, 1991, Measuring the Effects of Municipal Zoning Regulations: A Survey, Urban Studies, 28,4: 597-621.

  • Pendall, R. 2000. ¡°Local land-use regulation and the chain of exclusion,¡± Journal of the American Planning Association 66: 125-142.

Gerrit Knaap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerrit Knaap

 

Day 3: Morning

8:15-10:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15-12:00

 

Urban form

Readings:

  • Song, Yan and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Internally Connected, No Commercial, with a Touch of Open Space: the Neighborhoods of New Homes in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Journal of Urban Design, in review.

  • Song, Yan and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, 2004 Measuring Urban Form: Is Portland Winning the Battle Against Urban Sprawl? Journal of the American Planning Association, 70,2: 210-25.

 

Property taxation and Local government

Readings:

  • Hamilton, B., 1976, Capitalization of Interjurisdictional Differences on Local Tax Prices, American Economic Review, 66: 743-53.

  • Wassmer, R.W., 1993, Property Taxation, Property Base, and Property Value: An Empirical Test of the ¡®New View,¡¯ National Tax Journal, 46: 135-59.

Yan Song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yan Song

 

Day 3: Afternoon

1:00-2:45

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00-4:45

 

Transportation, Urbanization, and Development

Readings:

  • Ingram, G.K. and Liu, Z. Motorization and Road Provision.

  • Ingram, G.K, and Liu, Z., Vehicles, Roads, and Road Use: Alternative Empirical Specifications

 

Transportation and land use: Impact Assessment

Readings:

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., Chengri Ding, and Lewis Hopkins, Does Planning Matter? 2002, The Effects of Light Rail Plans on Land Values in Station Areas, Journal of Planning, Education, and Research, 21,1: 32-39.

Yan Song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerrit Knaap

 

Day 4: Morning

8:15-10:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15-12:00

 

Contingent valuation

Readings:

  • Lindsey, Greg, and Gerrit J. Knaap, 1999, Willingness to Pay for Greenway Projects, Journal of the American Planning Association, 65,3: 297-313.

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., Per Johnsen, and Larry Smith, 1997, Public Support for Remedial Action Planning: Willingness to Pay in Brown County, Wisconsin, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 16: 257-69.

 

Public choice

Readings:

  • Knaap, Gerrit J., 1987, Self-Interest and Voter Support for Oregon's Land Use Controls, Journal of the American Planning Association, 53,1:92-97.

 

Gerrit Knaap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerrit Knaap

 

Day 4: Afternoon

1:00-2:45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00-4:45

Urbanization in developing countries

Readings:

 

Making Comprehensive Plans ¨C Making Population/Economy forecast, Suitability analysis, Area-wide land classification plan, and Land design

  • Berke, P., D. et al. Urban Land Use Planning. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

 

Yan Song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yan Song

 

Day 5: Morning

8:15-10:00

 

 

 

10:15-12:00

 

Planning in Market System¡ªChicago 2020 Envision

Readings:

  • Chengri Ding, 2005, Chicago 2020 Envision

 

Planning in Market System¡ªBeijing 2020 Envision

Readings:

  • Chengri Ding, Yan Song, Gerrit Knaap, and Yan Huang, 2005, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Structure

Gerrit Knaap

 

 

 

 

Chengri Ding

Yan Song

Gerrit Knaap

 

Day 5: Afternoon

1:00-4:45

 

 

Planning in Market System¡ªBeijing 2020 Envision

Readings:

  • Chengri Ding, Yan Song, Gerrit Knaap, and Yan Huang, 2005, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Structure

Chengri Ding

Yan Song

 

Formal Dinner

Day 6: Evening

General Discussion

 

Chengri Ding

Gerrit Knaap

Yan Song

 

 

 

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