Economics and Land Use Planning

Alan Evans, Professor of Environmental Economics, Centre for Spatial and Real Estate Economics, School of Business, University of Reading.

• Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction.Chapter 2 Market Failure and Welfare Economics – a Justification for Intervention.Chapter 3 Evaluation and Planning.Chapter 4 Controlling the Density of Development.Chapter 5 Zoning and conservation.Chapter 6 Green Belts, Growth Controls, and Urban Growth Boundaries.Chapter 7 Planning and the Land Market.Chapter 8 The Division of the Spoils: Profits, Planning Gain, Premium Seeking and Taxation.Chapter 9 Impact Fees.Chapter 10 The Economic Consequences of Higher Land Values.Chapter 11 The Macroeconomic Effects of Planning Constraints.Chapter 12 Methods of Planning.Chapter 13 Politics, Public Choice, and Political Economy.References.Index

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