Csaba Pogonyi
@csapogi
Economist at @ArupICP, previously PhD at Imperial College London - Cities. Transport. Politics. Whatnot.
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Walthamstow right now - peaceful, jubilant, determined. Big police presence. No fascists. #HopeNotHate
🚨GREEN BELT UNDER THREAT LATEST🚨 New figures from DLUHC show that the green belt *grew* in size last year. Just like the year before. More land is now designated as green belt than when the NPPF was introduced over a decade ago. Meanwhile the housing supply crisis continues.
It is frustrating reading articles on the productivity impact of WFH based on anecdotes from CEOs and politicians. These policies impact millions of employees, so should be grounded in data and research. I summarized for The Hill what we know, covering the three main sources.…
Great new dataset of estimated net migration at subnational and 10x10 km level for each year between 2000 and 2019. Based on birth rates, death rates, and population counts. Paper: nature.com/articles/s4156… Data: zenodo.org/record/7997134 Interactive map: wdrg.aalto.fi/global-net-mig…
🚨We have a new working paper on AI & work🚨 In pre-registered experiments at BCG, the elite consulting firm, consultants using the GPT-4 AI finished 12.2% more tasks, completed tasks 25.1% more quickly & produced 40% higher quality results. Big gains. 1/ oneusefulthing.org/p/centaurs-and…
Building even relatively high-cost new homes in one area can lead to increased availability of low-cost housing in another, but building market housing *only* in low-income areas can increase gentrification pressures there.
It costs far more to build infrastructure in the UK than in France > fab short piece, fab data via @BritainRemade, I'm never at all convinced by the pushbacks that most Brits have to this stuff. on.ft.com/3L0Dm7Z via @FT
By popular request, the recording of Gilles Duranton's keynote presentation "New Frontiers in Urban Economics Research" from January's @wb_research @WBG_Cities @IIEPGW @The_IGC Young Urban Economist workshop is now available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=FO4cGP… @gandhisahil
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This is a great presentation by Gilles Duranton made at a WB conference in Jan 2023. Wish there was a recording of it. thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/7d8f5ff…
🚨New paper on office-> residential conversions!🚨 Remote work has crushed office markets, but what are we supposed to do about it? With @SVNieuwerburgh and Candy Martinez, we explore the viability of converting brown offices into green apartments. A 🧵:
I’ve spent much of this year learning about car bloat, the process through which smaller vehicles are being replaced by increasingly massive SUVs and trucks. What I’ve learned: Huge cars are terrible for society, often in ways that are hidden. A summary 🧵
I always wondered what a population density spike map + political map would look like so I had a go at it (in new version of #aerialod) and my verdict is: slightly mad, but quite interesting
NEW! Spatial wage inequality across North America and Western Europe A massive team effort to develop comparable indicators - challenging some established views (including mine) UK focused 🧵 below 👇 (1/n) wid.world/document/spati…
NEW: don’t let the ULEZ chatter mislead you. The British public is much more supportive and united on Net Zero policies than the public in peer countries, with Conservative voters frequently as green as the centre-left elsewhere on.ft.com/453oWeT
Kids, especially little ones, are strikingly urbanist. They like: - New neighbors - Tall buildings - Construction equipment - Building structures of their own - Trains - Buses - Bikes - Trolleys - Bridges - Tunnels - Public spaces And do not like being in cars.
With "Polish GDP will soon overtake the UK" ever popular among libertarian-vibes twitter I would like to note that Poland's excellent performance coincides with consistently higher taxes. My view is that low taxes (thus low investment) is holding the UK back.
Any urban economist out there needing a motivating intro slide for your class on urban density? Taylor's got you covered.
Have you ever wondered why traffic doesn't improve even when more roads are built? A recent study made by Anupriya, Prateek Bansal and Daniel J. Graham in the Transportation Research journal dives into this "paradox". Thread 🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this. 8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N
Today #Amsterdam starts a transition experiment of 6 weeks that reclaims a car dominated street as public space. There are already some important lessons about the importance of language. 1/🧵
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