This paper attempts to summarize many of these empirical regularities about metropolitan development and its determinants. Although much of our knowledge about metropolitan development is still imperfect, in the past 35 years a great deal of theoretical and empirical work has been carried out on...

Motorization grows in proportion to income at the national and urban level, as do paved roads at the national level; urban roads grow much more slowly than income. Using panel data from 50 countries and 35 urban areas (covering a wide range of country incomes), Ingram and Liu summarize trends in...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Examining Land Policies from a Property Rights Perspective - Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong -- The Design and Evolution of Property Rights Institutions -- 2 Design Principles of Robust Property Rights...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Nexus of Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies - Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong -- Achieving Decentralization Objectives -- 2 Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization: A Developing Country...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Issues and Themes - Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong -- Public Actions and Property Prices -- 2 Restricting Residential Construction - Edward L. Glaeser -- 3 Regulation and Property Values in the...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Land Policies in the Face of Climate Change - Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong -- Chapter 1: Land Policies in the Face of Climate Change -- Climate Change and Risk Assessment -- 2 Preparing for Rising Water...