1 The Price of Sprawl

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. The Price of Sprawl 1
5. The Planning Problem
6. Sprawl 17
7. The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl 27
8. The Problem with Planning
9. The Costs and Benefits of Planning 43
10. How Do Our Cities Grow? 54
11. Prices Drive Sprawl 75
12. Subsidies, Cross-Subsidies, and Mis-Incentives
13. Municipal Services 91
14. Network Services 107
15. Housing, Infrastructure, and Energy 131
16. Driving Sprawl 149
17. What to Do
18. Principles for a Market-Oriented Approach 161
19. A Toolbox of Market-Oriented Instruments 172
20. Perverse Subsidies, Perverse Cities 221
21. Notes 238
22. Bibliography 256
23. Index 270