This review outlines several key aspects of the new rural-urban interface and the growing
interpenetration of American rural and urban life. The historical coincidence of spatial and …

The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern
cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and urban life can …

This paper presents an interdisciplinary review—from the perspectives of geography,
economics, and urban planning—of the literature on central place theory (CPT) and its …

We empirically evaluate whether participation in the US Department of Agriculture's
Broadband Loan Program, which began making loans in 2002, has had measurable …

Commuting ties between rural places of residence and urban places of employment are
among the most visible forms of rural–urban integration. For some rural areas, access to …

In this paper we examine the spatial employment patterns of Australia's university graduates
in nonurban locations. Using a 2006 data set recording the employment status of 65,661 …

Resilience is defined as a system's ability to initially resist and then recover from a shock.
Here we apply this concept to examine the performance of US counties during the Great …

This study explores rural US crime patterns with a focus on social capital. We use a
triangulation of three core theories of crime including social disorganization, anomie/strain …

Does investment in broadband infrastructure reduce unemployment? Yes, answer Jayakar
and Park, reviewing broadband availability data from the National Broadband Map and …

A large body of research has found that highways and airports have played important roles
in promoting development and population growth (or decline). However, little attention has …