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The Evolution of Zoning Since the 1980s : The Persistence of Localism
Fischel, William A. - 2010
Zoning is the regulation of the use of land by local government. Although it is the most jealously guarded municipal … power, zoning is not a static institution. I demonstrate this by reviewing several "top down" attempts to reform zoning in … reforms have either failed or tended to make local zoning more restrictive. I then review new research on the origins of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137572
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Sprawl, Blight and the Role of Urban Containment Policies : Evidence from US Cities
Hortas-Rico, Miriam - 2013
US post-war suburbanization has reshaped the spatial pattern of growth in many metropolitan areas, with population and employment shift toward the suburbs resulting in the urban decay of central cities. This being the case, the adoption of adequate anti-sprawl policies should lead to a reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074325
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Is a sustainable land-use policy in Germany possible? : insights from an analysis applying the concept of stocks
Fischer, Beate; Jöst, Frank; Klauer, Bernd; Schiller, … - 2009 - This version: July 30, 2009
Land is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analyse driving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political "30- hectares-goal" is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major driving forces for...
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Threats of sustainable development resulting from legal requirements of spatial planning in Poland
Brezeziński, Cezary - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 2, pp. 319-330
Man, being one of the elements of the environment, depends on its quality. Currently, the right to a clean environment is included in the basic human rights and the way to maintain it is sustainable development. One element of this development is the preservation and protection of biodiversity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538133
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Spatial planning and segmentation of the land market
Levkovich, Or; Rouwendal, Jan - 2016 - This version: March 7 2016
In this paper we provide evidence of segmentation of the Dutch land markets by spatial planning into three compartments referring to agricultural, industrial and residential use. We analyze transactions of ready-to-be developed land provided by the Dutch Land Register (Kadaster) and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446891
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Planning for the future : a land-use and transport interaction model for Switzerland : conference paper at 54th ERSA Congress, 26-29 August 2014
Bodenmann, Balz R.; Sanchez, Breogan; Bode, J.; Zeiler, … - 2014
Spatial and transport planners, authorities, real estate developers, investors, re-locating residents and businesses have different questions related to space and transport. These questions may concern specific land parcels, or cover a much larger area such as a city, a region, or even a whole...
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Housing supply and land use regulation in the Netherlands
Vermeulen, Wouter; Rouwendal, Jan - 2007 - Version July 2007
In spite of a growing recognition of the importance of supply conditions for the level and volatility of house prices, empirical work on housing supply outside the US is scarce. This paper considers various measures of housing supply in the Netherlands, where real house prices have roughly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372990
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Does land use planning shape regional economies?
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - 2008
Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is predominantly determined by regional housing supply and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373814
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The costs and benefits of providing open space in cities
Rouwendal, Jan; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2008
Although many researchers have investigated the value of open space in cities, few of them have compared them to the costs of providing this amenity. In this paper, we use the monocentric model of a city to derive a simple cost-benefit rule for the optimal provision of open space. The rule is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373817
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Spatial Planning and Segmentation of the Land Market
Levkovich, Or - 2016
In this paper we provide evidence of segmentation of the Dutch land markets by spatial planning into three compartments referring to agricultural, industrial and residential use. We analyze transactions of ready-to-be developed land provided by the Dutch Land Register (Kadaster) and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996445