This paper reviews the research literature relevant to economic development incentives
provided by state and local governments, and recommends reforms in these incentives. I …

ABSTRACT/Communities increasingly face development pressures that can irreversibly
alter open space lands. While the monetary costs and benefits of development are typically …

Off-street parking requirements are devastating American cities. So says the author in this no-
holds-barred treatise on the way parking should be. Free parking, the author argues, has …

The literature on urban sprawl confuses causes, consequences, and conditions. This article
presents a conceptual definition of sprawl based on eight distinct dimensions of land use …

This article argues that urban spatial expansion results mainly from three powerful forces: a
growing population, rising incomes, and falling commuting costs. Urban growth occurring …

This paper considers some key issues that help to evaluate whether or not the promotion of
compact cities is a worthwhile planning goal. These are: the pressures on prime agricultural …

The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and
scholars in urban studies and allied fields. Contributors include major theoreticians and …

One of the principle criticisms of urban sprawl is that it undermines the cost-effective
provision of public services. In this paper the authors examine whether or not this is true …

This paper describes the relationship between land use regulation and residential
construction. We characterize regulations as either adding explicit costs, uncertainty, or …

The idea of reaping the'windfalls' in land values due to planning decisions is by no means
new. The underlying rationale is that much of the value of real property is created not by the …