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Economics and land use planning

By: Language: English Series: Blackwell Real Estate IssuesPublication details: Oxford Blackwells 2004Description: xii, 209p. 25cmISBN:
  • 140511861X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 711.1
Summary: Provides an analysis of the economics of land use planning and the relationship between economics and planning; drawing together the economics literature on planning and setting it out systematically. Over the past 20 years the economic analysis of land use planning has used positive economics to examine the unintended effects of planning and the way economic forces have affected planning. Covers: the justification for intervention; evaluation and planning; controlling the density of development; zoning and conservatism; green belts; growth controls and urban growth boundaries; and planning and the land market. Also examines profits, planning gain, premium seeking and taxation, impact fees, economics consequences of higher land values, planning constraints, planning methods and concludes with a chapter on politics, public choice and political economy. References.
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Provides an analysis of the economics of land use planning and the relationship between economics and planning; drawing together the economics literature on planning and setting it out systematically. Over the past 20 years the economic analysis of land use planning has used positive economics to examine the unintended effects of planning and the way economic forces have affected planning. Covers: the justification for intervention; evaluation and planning; controlling the density of development; zoning and conservatism; green belts; growth controls and urban growth boundaries; and planning and the land market. Also examines profits, planning gain, premium seeking and taxation, impact fees, economics consequences of higher land values, planning constraints, planning methods and concludes with a chapter on politics, public choice and political economy. References.