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future of cities. This study therefore examined urban legibility across different residential zones of Ibadan metropolis with … effectiveness of these elements across the various residential areas of the metropolis. Furthermore, the study established that … locating places in Ibadan in terms of describing and taking description is a challenging task. It recommended that the …

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The Effect of Density Zoning on Racial Segregation in U.S. Urban Areas

Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2014

We argue that anti-density zoning increases black residential segregation in U.S. metropolitan areas by reducing the quantity of affordable housing in white jurisdictions. Drawing on census data and land regulation indicators compiled by Pendall, we estimate a series of regression models to...

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The Politics and Economics of Metropolitan Sprawl

Fischel, William A. - 2015

This is chapter 8 from my forthcoming book, "Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation," which will be published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in 2015. This chapter addresses the metropolitan problems caused by local zoning, particularly its contribution to excessive...

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Planning mobility in a fragmented metropolitan area : The case of Prague and its suburbs

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The city is a collective project that seeks to improve the general welfare of the population. Residential structuring agents have an inclination to get richer without reason. If collective actions that control and regulate this inclination are missing, the city becomes a powerful instrument to...

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If Alonso was right : accessibility as determinant for attractiveness of urban location

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This paper assesses impact of accessibility corresponding to three distinct modes of urban transportation. The Alonso hypothesis of residents being fully compensated for rents increasing with proximity to CBD by employment opportunities is tested by application of a hedonic model using micro...

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Retail city : the relationship between place attractiveness and accessibility to shops

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This paper explores the role of retailers as an urban amenity. Using data for Swedish rural and city municipalities for 2002-2008, "accessibility to shops" measures are constructed for the shops in the municipalities and in the hosting regions separately to examine the relationship between...

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Neighborhood Change, One Pint at a Time : The Impact of Local Characteristics on Craft Breweries

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