Bystatisticdataanalyzing, this paperprobes into the influenceofsprawlofAmericanpopulationandjobstosuburbs on the mode of transportationandlanduseinthe metropolitanareas.
My research based on 5 million American workers in 240 metropolitanareas over 20 years shows that increases in college-educated workers in an area result in better jobs and significantly higher wages, especially for workers with a high school education or less.
Katz also seemed tie himself in a knot with the juxtaposition of two points that he himself made: first, he emphasized that the vast majority of innovative ideas and technological breakthroughs are coming out of American cities and major metropolitan areas probably more than 85%, he said.
For pollution levels, we used information from the American Lung Association's "State of the Air: 2007" report, which ranked the most polluted metropolitanareas by year-round particle pollution based on data submitted by states to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 2003-05.