Assorted links

1. Krugman's recent piece on the role housing costs in interregional differences in economic and population growth
   
   
2. São Paulo is eliminating parking minimums
   
   
3. A comparison of programming languages in economics
   
   
4. The 27th International Cartographic Conference will be held in Rio, 2015. The Call for Papers is open
   
   
5. How liberal or conservative are America’s cities? (ht Pedro Souza)
   
   
6. Hong Kong skyscrapers a radical new look
   
   
7. Map of countries with a smaller population than Tokyo (via Guardian Cities)

[image credit: Alasdair Rae ]