At UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics’ Spring 2026 Policy Advisory Board meeting, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President and CEO Mary C. Daly sat down with Alex ...
Afro: National Urban League convenes leading civil rights, economic justice, and policy organizations to launch Fair Budget Coalition
National Urban League convenes leading civil rights, economic justice, and policy organizations to launch Fair Budget Coalition
Real estate markets operate at the intersection of economic activity, social trends, and urban governance. Urban policy frameworks serve not only to regulate investment flows and manage land use but ...
Urban economics investigates the spatial organisation of economic activities, focusing on how cities develop and how concentrated environments influence productivity and well‐being. Central to this ...
San Francisco Fed: A Conversation with Mary C. Daly and UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
A Conversation with Mary C. Daly and UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
As urban populations grow, the ability of cities to generate jobs and drive development is increasingly critical. When urban centers expand, they foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and employment, helping entire regions and countries to become more prosperous and productive.
This report highlights the substantial investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries. These investments are crucial to strengthen essential infrastructure, unlock new jobs, and ensure more sustainable urban development. Resilient and low ...
Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes.