Journal Articles &
Book Chapters

N. Kaza & K. Nesse. 2020. Characterizing the Regional Structure in the United States: A County-based Analysis of Labor Market Centrality. International Regional Science Review (Online First). Read More →

K. Nesse & L. Airt. 2020. Google Street View as a replacement for in-person street surveys: A meta-analysis of findings from evaluations. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 146(2). Read More →

K. Nesse, T. Green, B. Ferguson. 2019. Quality of life in potential expansion locations is important to craft brewers. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 49(1): pp. 65-77. Read More →

K. Nesse & M.L. Rahe. 2015. Conflicts in the use of the ACS by federal agencies between statutory requirements and survey methodology. Population Research and Policy Review, 34(4): pp. 461-480. Read More →

K. Nesse and M. Rahe. 2014. Distributing federal transportation money with confidence and equity using the American Community Survey. 2014 Proceedings of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association. Read More →

K. Nesse. 2014. Expanding the economic base model to include nonwage income. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 44(2): pp. 93-108. Read More →

K. Nesse. 2012. How do we know? Determining school district fiscal and administrative policy in rural Hispanic boomtowns in the Midwest. Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Read More →

A. Markusen & K. Nesse. 2007. Institutional and political determinants of incentive competition. In Reining in the Competition for Capital, Ann Markusen, ed. Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute. pp. 1-41   Read More →

Reports & Plans

C.P. Scally, K. Nesse, J. Adams. 2015. Flint Hills fair housing equity assessment and regional analysis of impediments to fair housing. Junction City, Kan.: Flint Hills Regional Council. Read More →

K. Nesse. 2014. New horizon: Education, entrepreneurship, and environment in the Flint Hills -- Comprehensive economic development strategy. Junction City, Kan.: Flint Hills Regional Council. Read More →

K. Nesse. 2006. District 7 Thomas Dale Small Area Plan. St. Paul, Minn.: City of St. Paul. Read More →

K. Nesse & B. Lukermann. 2006. Home improvement through NRP: An analysis of the distribution of funds for single-family home improvement projects. Minneapolis: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA). Read More →

K. Nesse. 2006. Entrance Exam. Fedgazette (magazine of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis), pp. 14-16. Read More →

Working Papers

K. Nesse & L. Airt. 2017. How useful is GSV as an environmental observation tool? An analysis of the evidence so far. Cities Regions and Growth: Smart, Inclusive, Equitable? 57th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference. Denver, Colo. Read More →

C Victory & K Nesse. 2016. Regulation of marijuana in small cities and counties in Colorado. Read More →

K Nesse. 2013. What Election Campaign Lawn Signs Indicate: Estimating Demographic Characteristics from Publicly Observable Phenomena. Conference Proceedings of the Mid Continent Regional Science Association, 66. Read More →

Book Reviews

K. Nesse. 2018. Review: The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies by Hannigan, John, and Greg Richards, eds. Journal of Planning Education and Research, Onlinefirst. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X18781459

K. Nesse. 2016. Resilient downtowns: A new approach to revitalizing small- and medium-city downtowns. Journal of Urban Technology, 23(4):105-107.

K. Nesse. 2013. Rural Design: A new design discipline. Growth and Change, 44(4): 667-679.

Fiction

S. Lindberg & K. Nesse. 2016. The Block Party. Fairy Tales: When Architecture Tells a Story, vol. 3. New York: Blank Space. Read More →