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(Not So) Infinite Demand

July 18, 2017 By Michael Lewyn

In a recent blog post, Julia Galef has generated a fairly comprehensive list of pro-housing arguments and counterarguments to those arguments.She gives the most detailed consideration to the "infinite demand" argument- in her words,“So even if SF adds a lot of additional housing, prices will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, planning Tagged With: housing, new york, San Francisco, tokyo, yimby

A Guide to Urban Development [Guia de Gestão Urbana]

May 10, 2017 By Jeff Fong

Caos Planejado, in conjunction with Editora BEI/ArqFuturo, recently published A Guide to Urban Development (Guia de Gestão Urbana) by Anthony Ling. The book offers best practices for urban design and although it was written for a Brazilian audience, many of its recommendations have universal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Development, Economics, housing, infrastructure, planning, Policy, privatization, Transportation, Uncategorized, zoning Tagged With: Brazil, infrastructure, mobility, policy, zoning

Government-Created Parking Externalities

April 27, 2017 By Emily Hamilton

In new research on parking policy in the Journal of Economic Geography, Jan Brueckner and Sofia Franco argue that residential developers should be required to provide more off-street parking in places where street parking contributes to traffic congestion. They argue that because traffic congestion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, parking, planning, Transportation Tagged With: Donald Shoup, parking

Towards A Liberal Approach To Urban Form

March 29, 2017 By Nolan Gray

It is because every individual knows little and, in particular, because we rarely know which of us knows best that we trust the independent and competitive efforts of many to induce the emergence of what we shall want when we see it.— Friedrich Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty Imagine the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, Jane Jacobs, planning Tagged With: austrian economics, Frank Lloyd Wright, Friedrich Hayek, Jane Jacobs, Le Corbusier, liberalism, urban form, urban planning theory, zoning

7 Reasons To Oppose Los Angeles’ Neighborhood Integrity Initiative

January 13, 2017 By Shane Phillips

[This piece was originally published on the site Better Institutions.]On March 7th, Los Angeles is going to vote on the type of city it wants to be.The vote will be over Measure S, formerly known as the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative (NII), which seeks to limit housing development in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Los Angeles, NIMBYism, planning, zoning

How Lexington Can Expand Affordable Housing (Without Touching the UGB)

January 9, 2017 By Nolan Gray

 Lexington, Kentucky is a wonderful place, and that’s getting to be a problem. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with the city: its urban amenities, thriving information economy, and unique local culture have brought in throngs of economic migrants from locales as exotic as Appalachia, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gentrification, housing, planning, zoning Tagged With: accessory dwelling unit, adu, gentrification, kentucky, lexington, minimum parking requirements, mixed use, parking, ugb, urban growth boundary

Same Old Story: How Planners Continue to Drive Gentrification

December 12, 2016 By Nolan Gray

Slum clearance in action

 Planners, like all professions, have their own useful mythologies. A popular one goes something like this: “Many years ago, us planners did naughty things. We pushed around the poor, demolished minority neighborhoods, and forced gentrification. But that’s all over today. Now we protect the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gentrification, planning, zoning Tagged With: Dallas, gentrification, small business, Texas, zoning

China’s “Planned Capitalism” Kills Wealth

December 6, 2016 By Sandy Ikeda

 Sometimes, prosperity is an illusion. The massive building boom in the People’s Republic of China is creating outer signs of affluence, but there isn’t enough demand to put residents in the new homes.As in many similar urban projects across the country, the Chinese government has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author: Sandy Ikeda, planning

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