Brookings: Experts - Robert E. Lang

Pikes Peak as “Megapolitan” Space: A Federal Agenda for Prosperity in the Colorado Springs Metro Area

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This year's State of the Rockies Symposium at Colorado College focuses on megapolitan areas—combinations of two or more regions into a single economic, social, and urban system. Amy Liu and Mark Muro of the Metro Program, and Robert Lang of Virginia Tech, delivered keynote addresses on how the Pike’s Peak region can leverage the federal role to help it better connect to Denver and the rest of the Front Range “mega" and boost its prosperity.

What Happens in Vegas … Stimulates the Economy

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

President Obama might not have intended to knock Las Vegas when he admonished travel on the taxpayer’s dime, but Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman sure took it that way when he branded the comment “outrageous.” Mark Muro and Robert Lang write that we shouldn’t push austerity so hard that it is ultimately self-defeating. Sometimes junkets provide the truest form of economic stimulus.

Arizona Needs to get in the Federal Game

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mark Muro and Robert Lang in a recent Arizona Republic column discuss the major change of management in Washington, and urge “megapolitan” areas of the Intermountain West to better organize their energies and consider how to amplify their voice in national affairs as federal policy responses are renegotiated.

Western Perspective: Mountain Megas

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mark Muro and Robert Lang in a recent Headwaters News column bring to attention the “New American Heartland” — the Intermountain West, noting that the region's signature issues increasingly reflect the nation's, whether it be road and rail infrastructure, job quality, immigration, or energy.

Mountain Megas: America's Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In this report, the authors describe and assess the new supersized reality of the Intermountain West and proposes a more helpful role for the federal government in empowering regional leaders’ efforts to build a uniquely Western brand of prosperity that is at once more sustainable, productive, and inclusive than past eras of boom and bust.

Boomburbs : The Rise of America's Accidental Cities

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In this fascinating look at the complicated and often contradictory world of boomburbs, Robert Lang and Jennifer LeFurgy address who lives in them, what drives their development, and how they are governed.

Redefining Urban and Suburban America : Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 3

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The third volume in the Redefining Urban and Suburban America series describes anew the changing shape of metropolitan American and the consequences for policies in areas such as employment, public services, and urban revitalization.

Redefining Urban and Suburban America : Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 2

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This second volume in the Redefining Urban and Suburban America series provides a closer look at the unprecedented social and economic changes taking place in the nations oldest and newest communities, and explores the implications for a dive

Edgeless Cities : Exploring the Elusive Metropolis

Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Edgeless cities are a form of sprawling development that account for the bulk of office space found outside of downtowns. Author Robert Lang demonstrates how edgeless cities differ from traditional office areas, provides an overview of national, regi

Redefining Urban and Suburban America : Evidence from Census 2000

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This book explores the current population trends and their complexities, along with their implications for the policies and politics shaping metropolitan America.

Redefining Urban and Suburban America : Evidence from Census 2000

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This book explores the current population trends and their complexities, along with their implications for the policies and politics shaping metropolitan America.