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/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299713
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/10.1080/07352166.2021.1974303 , 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/10.1111/1468-2427.12444

Recent Courses Taught

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