Perverse cities : hidden subsidies, wonky policy and urban sprawl

By:

Blais, Pamela

Publication details: Vancouver UBC PRESS 2010Description: xiii,278,ipISBN:

9780774818957

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.1216 BLA

Contents:

CONTENTS Preface 1 The Price of Sprawl Part 1: The Planning Problem 2 Sprawl: A Planning Problem 3 The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl Part 2: The Problem with Planning 4 The Costs and Benefits of Planning 5 How Do Our Cities Grow? Plans versus Reality 6 Prices Drive Sprawl Part 3: Subsidies, Cross-Subsidies, and Mis-Incentives: How Public Policy Finances Sprawl 7 Municipal Services: Costs and Prices 8 Network Services: Costs and Prices 9 Housing, Infrastructure, and Energy: More Mis-Pricing and Mis-Incentives 10 Driving Sprawl: Pricing and Policy Mis-Incentives Part 4: What to Do 11 Principles for a Market-Oriented Approach 12 A Toolbox of Market-Oriented Instruments 13 Perverse Subsidies, Perverse Cities Notes Bibliography Index

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	BK	307.1216 BLA	Available		TEM988
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Planning	307.1216 BLA	Available		015009

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CONTENTS
Preface
1 The Price of Sprawl
Part 1: The Planning Problem
2 Sprawl: A Planning Problem
3 The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl
Part 2: The Problem with Planning
4 The Costs and Benefits of Planning
5 How Do Our Cities Grow? Plans versus Reality
6 Prices Drive Sprawl
Part 3: Subsidies, Cross-Subsidies, and Mis-Incentives: How Public Policy Finances Sprawl
7 Municipal Services: Costs and Prices
8 Network Services: Costs and Prices
9 Housing, Infrastructure, and Energy: More Mis-Pricing and Mis-Incentives
10 Driving Sprawl: Pricing and Policy Mis-Incentives
Part 4: What to Do
11 Principles for a Market-Oriented Approach
12 A Toolbox of Market-Oriented Instruments
13 Perverse Subsidies, Perverse Cities
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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