Perverse cities : hidden subsidies, wonky policy, and urban sprawl / Pamela Blais.
By: Blais, Pamela
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BookPublisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010Description: xii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780774818964 (pbk); 9780774818957 (hbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): City planning -- Economic aspects | Cities and towns -- Growth -- Economic aspects | Urbanisme -- Aspect �economique | Villes -- Croissance -- Aspect �economiqueDDC classification: 307.1/216 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-269) and index.
The price of sprawl -- Sprawl: a planning problem -- The costs and benefits of sprawl -- The costs and benefits of planning -- How do our cities grow? Plans versus reality -- Prices drive sprawl -- Municipal services: costs and prices -- Network services: costs and prices -- Housing, infrastructure, and energy: more mis-pricing and mis-incentives -- Driving sprawl: pricing and policy mis-incentives -- Principles for a market-oriented approach -- A toolbox of market-oriented instruments -- Perverse subsidies, perverse cities.
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