Category Archives: Citywide Studies

Clients at the local level have recognized the need for robust, defensible analysis of not just economic impacts but social, cultural, and environmental impacts as well. In recent years PlaceEconomics has done city level studies in cities of all sizes including: New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Saratoga Springs, Cumberland MD, Indianapolis, Miami-Dade County, and more. These studies look specifically at local historic districts, identifying patterns that exist there that are different than in the rest of the city. Possible metric include: property value change, job and business creation, population density, demographic patterns, walkability, foreclosure rates, tree canopy coverage, landfill diversion, embodied energy calculations, and more. Read through a few of our recent citywide studies: