Noah Durst

About Noah Durst

My topical areas of interest include housing, land use regulation, municipal annexation, urban informality, inequality, and residential segregation. I rely primarily on quantitative methods, including machine learning, and enjoy developing innovative approaches for answering difficult questions. As an instructor, I emphasize data fluency, critical thinking and evidence-based writing and argumentation.

Areas of Expertise

Housing, Land Use Planning and Governance, Technology, Society and Analytical Methods

Selected Publications

• Durst, Noah J., Sullivan, Esther, and Jochem, Warren C. The Spatial and Social Correlates of Neighborhood Morphology: Evidence from Building Footprints in Five US Metropolitan Areas. PLOS ONE. https://journals.plos.org/plos...
• Durst, Noah J., Cai, Meng, Tillison-Love, Jada, Huang, Huiqing & Henry, Wisdom. (2021) The gerrymandering of cities and the politics of racial exclusion: Evidence from a spatial typology of municipal boundary changes. Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/073521... 
• Durst, Noah J., and Wegmann, Jake (March, 2017) Informal housing in the United States, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41(1): 282-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2...

Recent Courses Taught

• Housing and Real Estate Development
• Land Use Planning
• Applied Research Methods in Planning and Development