John R. Ottensmann

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies(34), Housing Market and Economics(26), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(23), Urban Transport and Accessibility(22), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis(16)

Publications121 total

The negative exponential decline of population and employment density in urban areas with multiple centers
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
<p>Using Q-Mode Principal Components Analysis to Classify Employment Centers by Industry Composition</p>
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Progressive Employment Centers in Large Urban Areas in the U.S
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Neighborhoods in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1980-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Stable Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Neighborhoods in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1990-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Changes in Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Neighborhoods in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1980-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Employment location in large urban areas in the U.S
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
The Extent of Centralization of Housing Units in Large American Cities, 1970-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Density of Large Urban Areas in the U.S. and Barriers to Urban Expansion, 1950-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
The Negative Exponential Decline of Density in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1970-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Density and Sprawl in the Older and Newer Parts of Large Urban Areas
 in the U.S., 1970-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1980-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Change in the Size and Distribution of Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1950-2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Employment Density Does Not Decline as a Negative Exponential Function of Distance from the Center
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
Nonlinear Estimation of the Negative Exponential Model of Population Density Decline
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
The Decline of the Density Gradient is Not a Good Measure of Decentralization
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
The Problem with Central City-Suburb Comparisons
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
The Location of Employment in Large Urban Areas, 2002 and 2010
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
Measuring the Shape of Urban Areas
SSRN Electronic Journal·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Density of Development in Newly Urbanized Areas Over Time
SSRN Electronic Journal·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Seth Payton(7), Thomas D. Stucky(5), Michael E. Gleeson(5), Greg Lindsey(4), Joyce Y. Man(3), J. H. Wilson(1), David H. Good(1), Robert Sandy(1), Gilbert C. Liu(1), Rusty Tchernis(1), Jeffrey S. Wilson(1), O.T. Ford(1)