Traffic Congestion and Land Use Regulations: Theory and Policy Analysis

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TRAFFIC CONGESTION
AND LAND USE
REGULATIONS
Theory and Policy Analysis
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Introduction
	References
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Necessity of a minimum floor area regulation
	Introduction
	The model
		The city
		Household behavior
		Developers behavior
		Market clearing conditions
	Optimal FAR regulations
		Harberger\'s welfare function and optimal conditions for FAR regulation
		Optimal FAR regulations and market equilibrium FAR
	A case of a monocentric city: Numerical simulation
		The model city
		Setup for numerical simulation
		Numerical results
	Conclusion
	Technical Appendix 2
	Supplementary note: Harberger welfare function
	References
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Differences in optimal land use regulation between a closed city and an open city
	Introduction
	The model
		The city
		Household behavior
		Developers behavior with no FAR regulation
		Developers behavior under FAR regulation
		Commuting cost: The external factor
	Market equilibrium conditions
	Optimal FAR regulation and urban boundary
		Definition
		Closed city
		Open city
		Comparison of results between closed- and open-city models
	Conclusion
	Technical Appendix 3
	Mathematical note: Lagrangian method and optimal control theory
	References
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Optimal land use regulation in a growing city
	Introduction
	The model
		The city
		Household behavior
		Developers behavior
		Market clearing conditions
	Maximizing social welfare using FAR regulation
		Social welfare
		Optimal dynamic FAR regulation
		Differences from a static city
		Exceptional cases
	FAR regulation in a growing monocentric city under traffic congestion externality
	Conclusion
	Technical Appendix 4
	References
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Optimal land use regulations in a city with business areas
	Introduction
	The model
		The city
		Firms behavior
		Developers behavior
		Commuting cost-An external factor
		Household behavior
		Market clearing conditions and definitions
	Optimal land use regulations
		Maximizing social welfare
		Optimal FAR and LS regulations
		Optimal zonal boundaries
	Numerical simulation
		The setup
			Zones C and H
			Zone B
		Numerical results
	Conclusion
	Technical Appendix 5
	References
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Introducing cordon pricing in a regulated city
	Introduction
	The model
		The city
		Household behavior
		Developers behavior under FAR regulation
		Traffic flow and commuting cost
		The model under cordon pricing
		Market equilibrium conditions
	Optimal cordon pricing and location
	Optimal land use regulation under cordon pricing
		Characterization of optimal FAR and UGB regulation
		Numerical example of optimal cordon pricing and FAR regulation
	Conclusion
	Technical Appendix 6
	References
	Further reading
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Road investment evaluation under land use regulation
	Introduction
	The model
		The city
		Household behavior
		Landowners benefit
		Developers behavior
		Commuting cost: The external factor
		Market equilibrium
	Welfare functions of FAR and UGB regulations and city regimes
	Optimal FAR
	Change in FAR according to road investment in each regime
	Cost-benefit analysis of road investment in a closed city
		Social welfare
		Closed city with optimal FAR regulation
		Closed city with fixed FAR
		Closed city with no FAR regulation
		Comparing the three regimes of the closed city
	Cost-benefit analysis of road investment in an open city
		Social welfare
		Open city with optimal FAR regulation
		Open city with fixed FAR
		Open city with no FAR regulation
	Conclusion
	Technical Appendix 7
	References
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Changes with future ICT technologies and future studies
	Acknowledgments
	References
Index
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