Smarter Growth
Market-Based Strategies for Land-Use Planning in the 21st Century
Smarter Growth
Market-Based Strategies for Land-Use Planning in the 21st Century
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At the transition from the 20th to the 21st Century, land use planning and growth management have become two of the most controversial issues in state and local government policy. Primarily the province of local government until the 1970s, state governments have become increasingly involved in land use planning. In the 1990s Vice President Gore's promotion of Smart Growth has brought it into the national arena, while President Clinton has devoted considerable time to land use, land preservation, and urban development issues. Critically examining government land use policies and arguments supporting them, the contributors explore market alternatives to government land use planning.
Despite the apparent popularity of government restrictions on land use, the scholars writing for this volume advocate a more market-based approach. Showing that the problems of sprawling development have been misunderstood and overstated, they argue that land use policy can be better improved through market mechanisms than by the central planning of land use bureaucracies.
Table of Contents
Land-use Planning and Markets; An Overview of the Issues by Randall G. Holcombe and Samuel R. Staley
An Overview of U.S. Urbanization and Land Use Trends by Samuel R. Staley
The Geography of Transportation and Land Use by Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson
Congestion and Traffic Management by Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Air Quality, Density, and Environmental Degradation by Kenneth Green
National Land Use Planning through Environmental Policy by Jefferson G. Edgens
Regionalism and the Growth-Management Movement by Gerard C.S. Mildner
Growth Management in Action: The Case of Florida by Randall G. Holcombe
Urban Density and Sprawl:An Historic Perspective by Robert Bruegmann
Property Rights in a Complex World by Roger E. Meiners and Andrew P. Morriss
Infrastructure Planning in Market-Oriented Framework by Wendell Cox
Fixing the Dysfunctional Central City by Steven Hayward
Policy Implications by Randall G. Holcombe and Samuel R. Staley
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Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Aug 2001 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9780313315954 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Series | Contributions in Economics and Economic History |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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