ISBN:
9781538148648
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (298 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Mercatus Center at George Mason University Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
333.7/7
Keywords:
Zoning-United States
Abstract:
The new edition of this landmark study explains the book's role as a foundational text in the law and economics of urban land use and describes how it has informed more recent scholarship. Additionally, it includes a new afterword by urban planner Nolan Gray, which includes new data on Houston's evolution and land use relative to its peer cities.
Abstract:
LAND USE WITHOUT ZONING -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the Author and Contributors -- Foreword to the Rowman & -- Littlefield Edition -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Introduction -- PART I Zoning and Nonzoning -- Chapter 1 Zoning: Politics and Planning -- Chapter 2 Nonzoning: Economics and Consumers -- Chapter 3 Are Restrictive Covenants "Virtually Identical to Zoning Ordinances"? -- PART II The Effects of Zoning -- Chapter 4 The Effects of Zoning on Housing -- Chapter 5 Zoning Curtails Development -- Chapter 6 Zoning Reduces Competition -- Chapter 7 Publishers, Pop Architecture, and Minorities -- PART III Differing Solutions to Land Use Problems -- Chapter 8 The Current Zoning Scene -- Chapter 9 Federal and State Zoning Solutions -- Chapter 10 Current Efforts against "Exclusionary" Zoning -- Chapter 11 The Last Forty Acres under Zoning and Nonzoning -- PART IV The Courts -- Chapter 12 The Supreme Court and Zoning -- Chapter 13 The Recent Cases: A Tale of Two States (and Perhaps Others) -- Chapter 14 Zoning, an Anomaly to the Rights of Property -- PART V Toward Zero Zoning -- Chapter 15 Eliminating the Zoning Ordinance -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Afterword to the Rowman & -- Littlefield Edition: Houston after Siegan -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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