Mixed neighbourhoods: effects of urban restructuring and new housing development
Many European countries use mixed housing policies to decrease the spatial concentration of low-income households. Also in the Netherlands, social housing in deprived neighbourhoods is being…
A hedonic price analysis of the value of industrial sites
Hedonic price modelling is a widely used technique to explain the value of different types of properties. Following the notion that city areas may suffer from devaluation, poses the question of what…
The long-term relationship between land use and employment on industrial sites in the Netherlands
Popular forecasting models for long-term planning of industrial sites assume a strong linear relationship between employment and land use. New Dutch panel data for 1997 to 2008 were used to test this…
From combating to managing: Demographic decline in the Netherlands - Policy strategies for current and future shrinking regions
From 2010 onwards, population and household numbers are projected to decrease rapidly in an increasing number of municipalities and regions in the Netherlands. There will also be a rapid decrease in…
Deep feelings around a shallow coast. A spatial analysis of tourism jobs and the attractivity of nature in the Dutch Wadden area
The Dutch Wadden area is an internationally renowned natural area with World Heritage status. Its ecological uniqueness can be attributed to its shallow coastal waters. However, the Wadden area is…
Limited attention has been paid to how neighbourhood conditions affect firm relocation choices. Using a panel dataset (1999-2006) of actual firm relocations in the Netherlands, the effect of different…
The resilience of Dutch regions to economic shocks Measuring the relevance of interactions between employers and employees
Although increasing attention is being paid to the resilience of regions to economic shocks, theoretical and empirical insights into the determinants of regional resilience remain limited. This paper…
The Compact City: Planning strategies, recent developments and future prospects in the Netherlands
This paper gives insight into recent developments of dwellings, inhabitants and jobs in Dutch cities and their surroundings. It raises the question if the recent developments can be described as…
Multilevel Approaches and Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies
Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. Both…
Spatial concentration of industries and new firm exits: does this relationship differ between exits by failure and by M&As?
This study shows that the effect of the spatial concentration of industries on the post-entry hazards of new firms differs between types of exit and industry. New firms located in regions with a…
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