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It's not completely fair to judge the quality of this paper by the first few references (8 and 25, in particular), but it does make me extremely dubious. It's n
by urschrei 10y ago
It's not completely fair to judge the quality of this paper by the first few references (8 and 25, in particular), but it does make me extremely dubious. It's not really appropriate to cite Ed Glaeser in an urban modelling paper (or anywhere, really, other than as a cautionary example), and that interpretation of Bettencourt and West won't bear much scrutiny either. I won't address the…contributions (I work in a department that does a lot of urban modelling and ABM – it's cited in the paper – but I'm not a modelling / ABM person myself)
- maxwelljoslyn 10y agourschrei, can you please expand on your claim about the appropriateness of citing Ed Glaeser on this topic? I am a layman on the topics of economics and urban planning. Glaeser's Wikipedia page suggests he is an active researcher in this field; what is which you believe makes him unsuitable?
- L_Rahman 10y ago@urschrei: Seconding the request for Glaeser criticism.
- furtadobb 10y agoGlaeser is cited in the context of advocating for cities as a green solution (basically, the compact city advantage). See his comemercial book 'The triumph of the city' https://fee.org/articles/the-triumph-of-the-city-how-our-greatest-invention-makes-us-richer-smarter-greener-healthier-and-happier/?gclid=CjwKEAjwtbPGBRDhoLaqn6HknWsSJABR-o5sMMq72bB0CsX2TH6_PaT7scV8BTJ8W9etZbofzXq30hoCnkXw_wcB https://fee.org/articles/the-triumph-of-the-city-how-our-gre...