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Sea Level Rise, Homeownership, And Residential Real Estate Markets In South Florida, Xinyu Fu, Jan Nijman Oct 2020

Sea Level Rise, Homeownership, And Residential Real Estate Markets In South Florida, Xinyu Fu, Jan Nijman

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This article builds on a small but rapidly growing body of research that seeks to determine the impact of sea-level rise on the pricing of residential properties. Through a spatial hedonic regression analysis of real estate markets in two Florida counties (Miami–Dade and Pinellas), we assess the influence of different exposure levels on market discounts. Our article stands out in terms of its focus on two comparative case studies and its differentiation between properties that are primary homes versus nonprimary homes. We find that generally discounts are positively associated with exposure levels and overall Miami–Dade experiences higher discounts than Pinellas …

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“Don’T Tell Me What To Do”: Resistance To Climate Change Messages Suggesting Behavior Changes, Risa Palm, Toby Bolsen, Justin Kingsland Oct 2020

“Don’T Tell Me What To Do”: Resistance To Climate Change Messages Suggesting Behavior Changes, Risa Palm, Toby Bolsen, Justin Kingsland

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This study evaluates the impact of exposure to messages that emphasize the need for changes in individual behavior or in public policy to address climate change attributed to a “climate scientist” or to an unnamed source. We implemented a large survey experiment (N = 1915) online through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform that manipulated the presence of recommendations for voluntary behavioral changes or the adoption of new laws to mitigate climate change. We found that, regardless of the source of the information, recommendations for behavioral changes decreased individuals’ willingness to take personal actions to reduce greenhouse gases, decreased willingness …

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Housing Stability, Evictions, And Subsidized Rental Properties: Evidence From Metro Atlanta, Austin Harrison, Daniel Immergluck, Jeff Ernsthausen, Stephanie Earl Sep 2020

Housing Stability, Evictions, And Subsidized Rental Properties: Evidence From Metro Atlanta, Austin Harrison, Daniel Immergluck, Jeff Ernsthausen, Stephanie Earl

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Evictions cause substantial harm to lower-income families. The effects range from homelessness to job loss, school turnover, and deteriorating health. Previously evicted tenants can be pushed down-market and forced to accept substandard housing. Housing subsidy might be expected to reduce eviction rates and provide greater stability. However, little systematic research has examined the eviction rates of subsidized, affordable rental properties and compared them to nonsubsidized, market-rate properties. We examine eviction filings for multifamily rental buildings in five-county metropolitan Atlanta, using a data set of eviction filings, property characteristics, and ownership information. We identify the subset of buildings that are subsidized …

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Stuck Inside The Urban With The Dialectical Blues Again: Abstraction And Generality In Urban Theory, Jean-Paul Addie Aug 2020

Stuck Inside The Urban With The Dialectical Blues Again: Abstraction And Generality In Urban Theory, Jean-Paul Addie

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This article discusses how critical urban theory understands generalisation and particularity by unpacking the process of abstraction. It develops an urban interpretation of dialectics through the philosophy of internal relations to: (i) heuristically examine conceptual and political fissures within contemporary urban studies and (ii) critically recalibrate neo-Marxist planetary urban theorising. Examining the conceptual extension, levels of generality and vantage points of our abstractions can assist in constructively negotiating relations between urban difference and generality. The challenge is not which assertions are true based on a given epistemological position, but which abstractions are appropriate to address specific issues, given the range …

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Will Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Create Mixed-Income Communities? Evidence From London, Uk, Fei Li, Zhan Guo Aug 2020

Will Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Create Mixed-Income Communities? Evidence From London, Uk, Fei Li, Zhan Guo

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Mandatory inclusionary housing, which requires market-rate housing developments to include a proportion of affordable housing units, has the potential to deliver affordable housing in more affluent neighborhoods and create mixed-income communities. This study evaluates this potential effect in London, United Kingdom, where mandatory inclusionary housing has been implemented in all local authorities since the early 2000s. Comparing the spatial concentration and average neighborhood characteristics of affordable housing delivered under inclusionary housing and those created via conventional means (i.e., in the public or nonprofit sector), we find that a higher percentage of inclusionary affordable units are concentrated in a small number …

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Framing The Origins Of Covid-19, Toby Bolsen, Risa Palm Aug 2020

Framing The Origins Of Covid-19, Toby Bolsen, Risa Palm

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Conspiracy theories have flourished about the origins of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes an acute respiratory syndrome (COVID-19) in humans. This paper reports the results from a study that evaluates the impact of exposure to framed messages about the origins of Covid-19. We tested four hypotheses: two focusing on its origins as either zoonotic or human-engineered, and two concerning the impacts of origin beliefs on the desire to penalize China or support increased funding for biomedical research. The results accentuate the importance of finding ways to combat the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories related to this global pandemic.

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The Battle Of The Belts: Comparing Housing Vacancy In Larger Metros In The Sun Belt And The Rust Belt Since The Mortgage Crisis, 2012 To 2019, Austin Harrison, Daniel Immergluck Jul 2020

The Battle Of The Belts: Comparing Housing Vacancy In Larger Metros In The Sun Belt And The Rust Belt Since The Mortgage Crisis, 2012 To 2019, Austin Harrison, Daniel Immergluck

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As a result of the 2007-2011 mortgage crisis, cities across the US experienced an unprecedented increase in housing vacancy. Since 2012, the broad national housing market has generally experienced a recovery, but it has been a highly uneven recovery. This paper focuses on changes in neighborhood-level, long-term vacancy rates from 2012 to 2019 in two critical regions of the US, the Sunbelt and the Rustbelt. We examine medium-sized and large metro areas in both regions. We focus particularly on the extent to which very high rates of neighborhood-level housing vacancy persisted during the recovery. Perhaps unsurprisingly, long-term, very high levels …

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Anchoring (In) The Region: The Dynamics Of University-Engaged Urban Development In Newark, Nj, Usa, Jean-Paul D. Addie Feb 2020

Anchoring (In) The Region: The Dynamics Of University-Engaged Urban Development In Newark, Nj, Usa, Jean-Paul D. Addie

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While academic and policy analyses have explored universities’ roles in urban regeneration and regional development, issues arising from intraurban collaboration and competition in multi-university city-regions have received scant attention. In response, this paper examines how higher education institutions (HEIs) connect and splinter urban space at multiple scales through a case study of Newark, NJ, USA. Newark’s attempts to reposition itself as a hub for university-enabled innovation disclose the complex ways in which the infrastructures of knowledge urbanism are implemented, negotiated, and spatialized at local and city-regional scales. The study’s multi-disciplinary analysis assesses the discourses, technologies, and territorial constellations through which …

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Regionalizing The Infrastructure Turn: A Research Agenda, Jean-Paul D. Addie, Michael R. Glass, Jen Nelles Feb 2020

Regionalizing The Infrastructure Turn: A Research Agenda, Jean-Paul D. Addie, Michael R. Glass, Jen Nelles

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An interdisciplinary ‘infrastructure turn’ has emerged over the past 20 years that disputes the concept of urban infrastructure as a staid or neutral set of physical artefacts. Responding to the increased conceptual, geographical and political importance of infrastructure – and endemic issues of access, expertise and governance that the varied provision of infrastructures can cause – this intervention asserts the significance of applying a regional perspective to the infrastructure turn. This paper forwards a critical research agenda for the study of ‘infrastructural regionalisms’ to interrogate: (1) how we study and produce knowledge about infrastructure; (2) how infrastructure is governed across …

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