Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Market failure and welfare economics - a justification for intervention
  • 3. Evaluation and planning
  • 4. Controlling the density of development
  • 5. Zoning and conservation
  • 6. Green belts, growth controls and urban growth boundaries
  • 7. Planning and the land market
  • 8. the division of the spoils: profits, planning gain, premium seeking and taxation
  • 9. Impact fees
  • 10. The economic consequences of higher land values
  • 11. The macroeconomic effects of planning constraints
  • 12. Methods of planning
  • 13. Politics, public choice and political economy
  • References
  • Index