The environmental impacts of sprawling development have been well documented, but few comprehensive studies have examined its economic costs. In 1996, a team of experts undertook a multi-year study designed to provide quantitative measures of the costs and benefits of different forms of growth. Sprawl Costs presents a concise and readable summary of the results of that study.The authors analyze the extent of sprawl, define an alternative, more compact form of growth, project the magnitude and location of future growth, and compare what the total costs of those two forms of growth would be if each was applied throughout the nation. They analyze the likely effects of continued sprawl, consider policy options, and discuss examples of how more compact growth would compare with sprawl in particular regions. Finally, they evaluate whether compact growth is likely to produce the benefits claimed by its advocates.The book represents a comprehensive and objective analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to growth, and gives decision-makers and others concerned with planning and land use realistic and useful data on the implications of various options and policies.

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Product Description: This handbook summarizes economic evaluation measures for residential and nonresidential development. It tells you how to forecast the costs and revenues associated with land development. Contained are examples with answers which serve as a guide to correct interpretation...read more

Product Description: Mount Laurel II is a historic state supreme court decision which mandates that all new residential development include housing for low- and moder­ate-income families. This study provides a rational approach to low-cost housing...read more

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Product Description: This volume represents the most current thinking on the course and direction of future planning. The collection of invited papers frorri the field's foremost experts are grouped by four key areas: Physical Planning In Change: The Role of Environmental Planning Social Planning In Change: Practical Applications of Social Sensitivity Public Policy Planning In Change: Macroplannlng versus Local Control Economic Planning In Change: National Planning—Demand versus Supply Emphases The concepts and practices embodied here here are key inputs for the planning practitioner and the academic...read more