Locating New Urbanism Developments in the U.S.: Which Cities Have New Urbanism and Why?

Jie Gao, Yan Song, Jiang Zhou and Dingxin Wu
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Jie Gao: School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Yan Song: School of Transportation Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China
Jiang Zhou: Sichuan Academy of Social Science, Chengdu 610071, China
Dingxin Wu: School of Transportation Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China

Land, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: This article aims to examine the characteristics of cities where New Urbanism (NU) developments are located as of 2019. We first develop a set of hypotheses to explore why some cities are welcoming NU developments more than other cities and how the cities differ in terms of general real estate development determinants, fiscal capacity and regulatory authority, advocacy group support, and cultural diversity. We then employ a Negative Binomial Regression to test the relationship between concentrations of NU developments and a variety of city characteristics by using a data set of 6923 urban cities. The results suggest that NU developments are advocated by cities with a higher level of environmental awareness, better fiscal and regulatory status, and better cultural diversity. The research results highlight the importance of continuously gaining support from environmental groups and the general public for effective expansion of New Urbanist developments within the U.S. These findings also indicate that for noteworthy changes in growth patterns to arise at a large scale across the U.S., there must be changes in values and preferences, and institutional capacity in updating land-use regulations that allow for sustainable growth.

Keywords: location of new urbanism developments; community features; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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