Urban Land Economics

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Economic Efficiency Through the Price System....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Characteristics of the Real Property Market....Pages 19-25
Functions of the Real Property Market....Pages 26-32
The Pricing of Land and Land Resources....Pages 33-44
Investment in Real Property....Pages 45-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
The Development Process....Pages 71-92
The Timing and Rate of Redevelopment....Pages 93-101
Finance for Development....Pages 102-111
Comprehensive Redevelopment....Pages 112-118
Public-sector Development: Cost–benefit Analysis....Pages 119-146
The Economics of Planning Controls....Pages 147-165
The Construction Industry....Pages 166-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Land Use and Land Values....Pages 197-214
The Pattern of Urban Land Use....Pages 215-228
The Growth of Urban Areas....Pages 229-249
The Quality of the Urban Environment: Problems of Urban Areas....Pages 250-277
Housing....Pages 278-311
Regional Policy....Pages 312-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
The Impact of Government Economic Policy Objectives on Land Resources....Pages 333-340
Theory of Urban Public Finance....Pages 341-356
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
The Incidence of Taxation on Land Resources....Pages 357-377
Recent Developments....Pages 378-393
Back Matter....Pages 394-412