Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin is a noted scholar on urban development, currently a fellow at Chapman University and the New America Foundation.

Kotkin attended the University of California, Berkeley. A native of New York City, he now lives in Los Angeles.

Kotkin has authored "The City: A Global History" and "The New Geography", books about city development, and has studied various major cities, including Los Angeles. Previously he was a fellow at Pepperdine University and at the Milken Institute. In addition, he was a columnist for the "New York Times", a business reporter at KTTV, earning a Golden Mic award for his reporting, and was West Coast editor for "Inc." magazine.

Kotkin argues that the model of urban development as exemplified by pre-automobile cities such as New York City and Paris is outdated in many cases. Kotkin believes in a "back to basics" approach which stresses nurturing the middle class and families. He states that the current trend of growth of suburbs will be the dominant pattern around the world [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A364-2005Feb5.html "Rule, Suburbia"] ] . As a result, he believes rail transit is not always ideal for modern cities and suburbs. [ [http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2004/houston_needs_to_look_in_the_mirror "Houston Needs to Look in the Mirror"] ] .

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External links

* [http://www.joelkotkin.com Official web site]
* [http://www.newamerica.net/people/joel_kotkin/ Kotkin at the New America Foundation]


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