Research Areas

[Research Interests | Papers and Publications | Selected Recent Monographs]

Research Interests

  • Housing development and finance in developing countries; issues in project implementation and cost recovery; design of mortgage instruments; housing finance.

  • Mathematical modeling, application of control theory to urban economic problems involving space and time.

  • Urban/regional economic development and growth; problems of urbanization in developing countries.

  • Urban land use, and land use controls, location theory.

  • Financial impact analysis at the municipal level.

  • Public sector economics, with emphasis on urban infrastructure; economics of regulation, with application in the area of energy.

  • Labor market economics, with special regard to international comparisons and regional labor markets.

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Papers and Publications
  • I. El-Khawas, M. Drake and B. von Rabenau, A Life Cycle Approach to Energy Efficiency of Buildings, in Mary Kihl and Robert Hershberger, Applied Research in Architecture and Planning, Vol. 2, Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Tucson (1996).

  • M.C. Zanetta, M.R. McCord, and B. von Rabenau, "Contingent Valuation of Low-Income Urban Services versus Actual behavior: A Developing Country Case Study," unpublished (December 1993).

  • B. von Rabenau (co-author with A. Charnes, W. Cooper, W. Gorr, and C. Hsu), "Emerging Government Interventions: Case Study of Natural Gas Shortages, in Management Science, 32:10 (October 1986).

  • B. von Rabenau, "'Upgrading' and 'Site and Services' Provision as Alternative Residential Development Strategies" in Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 16 (1985).

  • B. von Rabenau and J.R. Voss, "Income Inequality and Economic Development with Variable Returns to Scale" in Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 16 (1985).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Imperfect Factor Mobility and Urban Growth" in Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 16 (1985).

  • J.K. Brueckner and B. von Rabenau, "Dynamics of Land-Use for a Closed City", Regional Science and Urban Economics 11:1, (February 1981).

  • W. Gorr, C. Hsu and B. von Rabenau, "Design of Natural Gas Curtailments Using Extensions to the Triangular E-Model of Chance-Constrained Programming", (March 1981).

  • B. von Rabenau and W. Gorr, "Short Term Curtailment of Natural Gas: Alternative Curtailment Forms and Employment Impacts in the 1976/1977 Gas Emergency", Energy, (July 1980).

  • B. von Rabenau, "A Model of Urban Development: Planned and Market Economy", paper prepared for the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, (June 1980), pp. 47.

  • B. von Rabenau, "A Model of Urban Development: Numerical Analysis", paper prepared for the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, (July 1980), pp. 198.

  • B. von Rabenau, "A Model of Urban Development: Extension", paper prepared for the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, (May 1980), pp. 20.

  • B. von Rabenau and D. Hanson, "A Model of Urban Development: Optimality with Commodity Substitution", paper prepared for the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, (November 1980), p. 31.

  • O. Fisch, S. Gordon, W. Gorr and B. von Rabenau, "Design and Implementation of a Decision Support System for Emergency Rationing of Natural Gas Supplies", School of Public Administration, Working Paper Series 97-38, (April 1979).

  • O. Fisch, S. Gordon, W. Gorr and B. von Rabenau, "The Ohio Gas Allocation Model: Nonresidential Curtailments and Employment Impacts", Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 10, (1979).

  • O. Fisch, S. Gordon, W. Gorr and B. von Rabenau, "The Ohio Gas Allocation Model: The Estimation of Nonresidential Consumption", Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 10, (1979).

  • O. Fisch, S. Gordon, W. Gorr and B. von Rabenau, "The Ohio Gas Allocation Model: Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Results in the Residential Sector", Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 10, (1979).

  • O. Fisch, S. Gordon, W. Gorr and B. von Rabenau, "The Ohio Gas Allocation Model: Weather Scenarios and Model simulation", Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 10, (1979).

  • C. Jusenius and B. von Rabenau, "Unemployment Statistics in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany: Problems of International Comparisons", in Counting the Labor Force, Background Papers, Vol. II, National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics, U.S.Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., (October 1979); also Background Paper No. 30, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., (April 1979).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Urban Growth with Agglomeration Economies and Diseconomies", Geographia Polonica, G. Papageorgious, editor; Vol. 42, (1979).

  • B. von Rabenau and D. Hanson, "The Provision of Public Goods in a Growing Urban Economy", Regional Science and Urban Economics 9:1, (February 1979).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Increasing Returns to Scale, Spatial Development, and Urban Growth", Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 8, (1977).

  • B. von Rabenau and J.R. Voss, "The Land Owning Railroad: Optimal Development and Rate Schedules", paper presented at the Eighth Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, (April 1977).

  • D. Hanson and B. von Rabenau, "Economic Growth in a Mixed Urban Economy: Infrastructure, Investment and Labor Migration", IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, 21:2, (April 1976).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Optimal Growth of a Factory Town", Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 3, (1976).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Urban Spatial Development with Non-Malleable Capital", presented at the Sixth Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, (1975).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Growth of an Urban Economy", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (1974).

  • B. von Rabenau and K. Stahl, "Dynamic Aspects of Public Goods: A Further Analysis of the Telephone System", Bell Journal of Economics, 5:2, (Autumn 1974).

  • B. von Rabenau, "Maintenance, Deterioration and Replacement of Buildings: A Dynamic Analysis", presented at the Annual Conference of the Regional Science Association, Philadelphia, (November 1972).

  • A. Rogers and B. von Rabenau, "Estimation of Interregional Migration Streams from Place of Birth by Residence Data", Demography, 8:2, (May 1971), 185-94.

  • Architectural projects in: Architecture Aujourd'hui, Vol. 10, (October 1967), Bauen und Wohnen, Vol. 12, (1968).

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Selected Research and Professional Monographs

 

  • B. v. Rabenau, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development Mission VII: Small Business Development, Monitoring, and Reconstruction, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (February 10, 2004) pp. 119

  • ___, Greater Cairo Informal Settlements: Local Development and Action Plan for the Improvement of Living Conditions in Underserved Areas, prepared for Participatory Urban Management Programme (PUMP/GTZ), Cairo and Columbus (May 20, 2003) pp. 111

  • ___, Old City of Aleppo Economic Development, prepared for REHALEB, Syrian Arab Republic, Cairo and Columbus (February 24, 2003) pp. 84

  • ___, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development Mission VI: Tourism Fee and Reconstruction Planning, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (January 21, 2003) pp. 67

  • ___, City Planning and the Construction of Functional Districts, Paper prepared for the Tianjin Urban Development Forum, under the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchange, Ministry of Froeign Trade and Economic Cooperation, People’s Republic of China (October 11, 2002) pp. 5

  • ___, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development Mission V: Rebuilding of Collapsed and Endangered Buildings, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (September 26, 2002) pp. 108

  • Gerd Sippel and Burkhard von Rabenau, Sofia Municipal Enterprises: Strengthening the CDS Implementation Process, prepared for World Bank and HABIAT on behalf of City Alliance, Columbus (July 10, 2002) pp. 57

  • B. v. Rabenau, Zou Deci, Shantong Li, Vajie Song, Jingy, Duan Yongzhi Hou and Cao Lin, Project Proposal on City Planning, Management and Development in the 21st Century, prepared for the United Nations Development Program and the Government of the Republic of China, Beijing (April 2002) pp. 75

  • B. v. Rabenau, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development Mission IV: Oasis and Awqaf Housing Rehabilitation, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (February 10, 2002) pp. 88

  • ___, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development Mission III: Historical Housing Rehabilitation, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (October 21, 2001) pp. 97

  • ___, Republic of Tajikistan Infrastructure Report: Poverty Reduction Strategy, prepared for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Dushanbe (August 23, 2001) pp 98

  • ___, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development Mission II: Development Proposals, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (August 6, 2001) pp. 91

  • ___, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development, prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (2001)

  • B. von Rabenau and Usa Duongsaa, Regional Program on HIV and Development, prepared for the Asia and Pacific Regional Program on HIV and Development, UNDP (2001)

  • Burkhard v. Rabenau, Shibam/Wadi Hadramout Economic Development, Reports prepared for the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP/GTZ) Shibam and Columbus (2001 and 2001) 

  • ___, Training Manual: Equipo Basico Cashflow Model, prepared for Centro Asesoramiento de Vivienda Popular (CAVIP), Ecuador (2000) 

  • ___,  Training Manual: Equipo Basisco Pricing and Costing Model, prepared for Centro Asesoramiento de Vivienda Popular (CAVIP), Ecuador (1999) 

  • B. von Rabenau and Georg Duerr, Planning for Regional Transition: Sustainable Development Strategies for Zaqatala, Azerbaijan, Report II, prepared for Project Support of Privatization in Agriculture Project, Baku (1999) 

  • B. von Rabenau and Jochen Regner, Rural Development in Semi-Arid Climate: The Experience of the Qasr Project in Egypt, Columbus (1999) 

  • B. von Rabenau, Planning for Regional Transition: Sustainable Development Strategies for Zaqatala, Azerbaijan, prepared for Government of Azerbaijan on behalf of Project Support of Privatization in Agriculture Project, Baku (1998) 

  • B. von Rabenau, Multi-Sectoral Review of East Jerusalem, prepared for The European Commission (EC), Jerusalem (1997) 

  • B. von Rabenau (principal author), Strengthening Local Government in South Africa, prepared for the European Union (1997) 

  • B. von Rabenau, Assistance to National Housing Finance Corporation, South Africa, prepared for the National Housing Finance Corporation, Johannesburg and Columbus (1996)

  • ___, Housing and Urban Development in Eritrea: Report on Programming Mission, prepared for the Ministry of Local Government, Eritrea, Columbus (1996) 

  • B. von Rabenau, Municipal Financial Modeling, prepared for Urban Upgrading Programme, South Africa, Johannesburgy and Columbus (1996)

  • B. von Rabenau, FARMCOST: Cost and Profitability Analysis for Tree Crops, St. Lucia: Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Forestry (1995)

  • ___, Sustainable Development Strategies for the Northwest Coast, Egypt, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (1994) 

  • ___,  CROPPRO and TREEPRO: An Agricultural Projection Model, User Manual and Guide, St. Lucia: Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Forestry in cooperation with NRMU/OECS (1993)

  • ___, LAND-CGE: A Computable General Equilibrium Model for St. Lucia, St. Lucia: Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Forestry in cooperation with NRMU/OECS (1993) 

  • UNDP (co-author), Programming the Medium Term Plan (MTP) for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Somalia, New York: UNDP (1993)

  • B. von Rabenau, Project Financial Analysis for Physical Planners, Nepal: Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning (1993) 

  •  ___, Regional Development in the Tumen River Area: TRADP Justification and Alternative Development Scenarios, People's Republic of China, Russian Federation, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea and  UNDP/OPS (1992) 

  • ___, National Resource Accounting for Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica: OECS-NRMU (1992) 

  • ___, Modeling Urban Growth and Development: A Policy and Projection Model for Physical Planning, Egypt: General Organization for Physcial Planning (1992)  

  • ___, Issues in Land Development, Ismailia, Egypt: Center for the Devel­opment in Region 3, General Organization for Physical Planning (1991) 

  • ___, Issues in Housing Development, Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning (1990) 

  • ___, BEDECAR: A BEDE Loan Projection Model, User Manual and Guide, Quito, Ecuador: Banco de Desarollo del Ecuador (1990) 

  • ___, BEDEPRO: A BEDE Projection Model, User Manual and Guide, Quito, Ecuador: Banco de Desarollo del Ecudor and UIAT/BEDE (1990) 

  • ___, Nepal Land Development: The LANDPRO Model, Guide and Manual, Kathmandu, Nepal: Department of Housing and Urban Development (1990) 

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