This paper develops a new approach for measuring the stringency of a major form of land-use regulation, building-height restrictions, and it applies the method to an extraordinary dataset of land-lease transactions from China. Our theory shows that the elasticity of land price with respect to...

The increasing occurrence of floods due to global climate change poses challenges to the growth of urban resilience. However, research on how to avoid flood risks in the process of long-term and detailed land use development is limited. To address this issue, this paper proposes a method that...

The book discusses how to establish a land-use system for small and medium-sized cities in order to promote low carbon economic development and to ensure sustainable development. It also presents the objectives and requirements of urban green development: The first objective is to establish a...