This paper reviews trends in housing affordability in the US over the past four decades.
There is little evidence that owner-occupied housing has become less affordable. In …

In the last decade, the peri-urbanization literature has attracted a lot of attention and many
scholars have tried to examine these areas from different dimensions, leading to a …

A wide array of local government regulations influences the amount, location, and shape of
residential development. In this chapter, we review the literature on the causes and effects of …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

A new survey of over 2000 jurisdictions across all major housing markets in the US
documents how regulation of residential building varies across space. New evidence on …

Over the past 30 years, eastern Massachusetts has seen a remarkable combination of rising
home prices and declining supply of new homes, which doesn't appear to reflect any lack of …

This paper investigates the effects of land use regulation restrictiveness on house and
vacant land prices. In contrast to prior studies, the index of restrictiveness is treated as an …

Effective governance of residential development and housing markets poses difficult
challenges for land regulators. In theory, excessive land restrictions limit the buildable …

The book's aim is to draw together the economics literature relating to planning and set it out
systematically. It analyses the economics of land use planning and the relationship between …

Transit-oriented development (TOD) has become a predominant planning model in many
cities. However, although access to public transit is often seen as benefiting low-income …