Articles & Manuscripts



The Fragmentation of Urban Landscapes (2012)

Title: Urban Expansion, Land Conversion, and Affordable Housing: The Case of Zhengzhou (2012) Article in: Environment and Urbanization  Authors: Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, and Daniel L. Civco First published: 2012 Pages: 249-283 Overview:  A key question that has confronted urban planners, policy makers and concerned environmentalists worldwide for some time is whether the fragmentation of the urban landscape is an [...]

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Urban Expansion, Land Conversion, and Affordable Housing (2011)

Title: Urban Expansion, Land Conversion, and Affordable Housing: The Case of Zhengzhou (2011) Article in: China’s Housing Reform and Outcomes Authors: Shlomo Angel, Midori Valdiva, and Rebecca M. Lutzy First published: 2011 Pages: 137-156 Overview:  This volume provides background and explanations about the causes and consequences of China’s boom in residential construction, and it reviews how some well-established and ongoing [...]

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The Decline in Transit-Sustaining Densities in U.S. Cities (2011)

Title: The Decline in Transit-Sustaining Densities in U.S. Cities, 1910–2000 (2011) Article in: Climate Change and Land Policies Authors: Shlomo Angel, A.M. Blei, J. Parent, and D.L. Civco First published: 2011 Pages: 191-210 Overview: A century of density decline in U.S. metropolitan areas has posed structural challenges to the provision of transit services.  This article shows that both the share of [...]

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Non-compactness and Voter Exchange (2011)

Title: Non-compactness and Voter Exchange: Towards a Constitutional Cure for Gerrymandering (2011) Article in: Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review 4 (1) Authors: Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent First published: 2011 Pages: 89-130 Overview: This essay proposes a novel compactness standard “for courts to identify at least the worst cases of gerrymandering and to provide a remedy.” This standard is based on the perception of [...]

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The Dimensions of Global Urban Expansion (2011)

Title: The Dimensions of Global Urban Expansion: Estimates and Projections for All Countries, 2000-2050 (2011) Article in: Progress in Planning, Volume 75, Issue 2 Authors: Shlomo Angel, J. Parent, D. L. Civco, A.M. Blei and D. Potere First published: 2011 Pages: 53-108 Overview: The rapid growth in global urban land cover is likely to continue as long as urban populations continue to [...]

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Ten Compactness Properties of Circles (2010)

Title: Ten Compactness Properties of Circles:  The Measurement of Shape in Geography Article in: Canadian Geographer 54 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, and Daniel L. Civco First published: 2010 Pages: 441-461 Overview: This essay sheds new light on the meaning and measurement of compactness—one of the most intriguing and least-understood properties of geographic shapes. We articulate a unified theoretical foundation for the study of shape compactness [...]

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Mapping Urban Areas on a Global Scale (2009)

Title: Mapping Urban Areas on a Global Scale: Which of the Eight Maps Now Available Is More Accurate? (2009) Article in: International Journal of Remote Sensing 30(24) Authors: Shlomo Angel, David Potere, Annemarie Schneider, and Daniel L. Civco First published: December, 2009 Pages: 6531-6558 Overview: The goal of this research is to establish the accuracy of the coarse-resolution global urban maps by comparing them [...]

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Preparing for Urban Expansion (2008)

Title: Preparing for Urban Expansion: A Proposed Strategy for intermediate Cities in Ecuador (2008) Article in: The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century Authors: Shlomo Angel First published: 2008 Pages: 115-130 Overview: This chapter focuses on the provision of land for the urban poor in a context of rapid urban expansion.  It describes a methodology and [...]

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An Arterial Grid of Dirt Roads (2008)

Title: An Arterial Grid of Dirt Roads Article in: Cities 25 (3) Authors: Shlomo Angel First published: June 2008 Pages: 146-162 Overview: Between 2000 and 2030, cities in developing countries will double their population from 2 to 4 billion and at least triple their total built-up area. This essay assesses the state of preparedness for the projected urban expansion.  Full Text: An Arterial Grid [...]

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The Housing Policy Assessment and Its Application to Panama (2001)

Title: The Housing Policy Assessment and Its Application to Panama (2001) Article in: Journal of Housing Economics, 10 Authors: Shlomo Angel First published: 2001 Pages: 176–209 Overview: This paper presents a diagnostic tool for the rapid assessment of the housing market and housing policy in a given country, using a global comparative perspective. The aim of such an assessment is to ground proposed [...]

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