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The cost of land use decisions applying transaction cost economics to planning & development
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By applying transaction cost economics to an evaluation of land use systems, the author here tackles the ongoing debate between market and government in planning. The book provides a fresh angle an...
By applying transaction cost economics to an evaluation of land use systems, the author here tackles the ongoing debate between market and government in planning. The book provides a fresh angle and a useful contribution to a growing field of study for researchers in urban planning, public administration and land economics.
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- Creator
- Edwin Buitelaar
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2007
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0470692227, 1281309184, 1405151234, 9786611309183, 9780470692226, 0470691484, 9780470691489, 9781405151238
- OCLC
- ocn232611688, ocn437218765
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- The Cost of Land Use Decisions; Contents; Preface; 1The Cost of Making Land UseDecisions; Introduction; Beyond the 'market versus the government' debates; The study of transaction costs in planning andproperty research; The relevance for planning practice; The structure of this book; References; 2Institutions and Transaction Costs; Economic approaches to institutionalism; Institutions and transaction costs in the (early) newinstitutional economics; Governance structures and property rights: building uponand refining Coase's work
- How do transaction costs emerge? Transaction dimensionsand economic behaviourRelationship between transaction costs and institutions; References; 3Operationalising Institutions andTransaction Costs; User rights regimes as particular governance structures; A transaction-cost analysis of the development process:a methodology; The empirical research; References; 4Nijmegen: The Quest for Control in aCorporatist Tradition; Dutch planning and property law; The Marialaan case: small but complex; Transaction-cost analysis of the Marialaan; References; 5Bristol: Planning in Uncertainty
- English planning and property lawWapping Wharf; Transaction-cost analysis of Wapping Wharf; References; 6Houston: Planning in the City ThatDoes Not Plan?; Planning in the US: social conflict over property rights; Houston: no zoning, but not unregulated; Houston city planning in practice: Montebello; Transaction-cost analysis of Montebello; References; 7Comparing and Explaining TransactionCosts: Learning from the Cases; The user rights regimes compared; Transaction costs enrangled in structures; References; 8Transaction Costs and the InstitutionalContext; The quest for control over development
- Relationship between public and private sectorAttitudes towards transaction costs; Legal styles: flexibility, certainty and accountability; References; 9Planning at What Cost? Conclusionsand Discussion; Applying transaction cost theory to planning anddevelopment; Transaction costs as dead weight losses or means witha purpose?; References; Appendix A: Interviewees; Appendix B: People Working inPlanning; Index