Architects, economists and developers: what’s the difference?

Vadim Novikov

Architects Economists

Who should design cities?

Economists’ concerns:

• The problem of externalities

• Collective action problem

Architects Economists Developers

The middle ground:

Infrastructure Tenants Bylaws

A house is never JUST a house:

What does it mean “to study cities?”

• Apartment

• Front entrance

• House

• Neighborhood

• City

• State

Levels of study:

A “hotel room” metaphor

What’s important in a hotel?

Place Clientele Ownership

Place ~ Infrastructure

Who are my neighbors?

Collective action problem

Coleman Young ex-mayor of Detroit

Shopping mall

Shopping mall is ALL about neighbors

Development means “taxation”

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Governance

Investment of a lifetime

“Flow of services”

Price is an indicator

Developer’s “Constitution”

Restraint isn’t always bad

Sustainability vs. Adaptability

Understand there are other positions!

Architects Economists Developers

Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development

The Samaritan’s Dilemma: The

political economy of Development Aid

The Voluntary City

Vadim Novikov vadim.v.novikov@gmail.com

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