This paper provides a review of some of the key articles and research examining the
relationship between planning regulation and its impact on the housing market in the UK …

It is fifty years since the first edition of this book was published. There have been many
changes in the style and content of planning in the UK since then and this is reflected in the …

An unsustainable weakening of credit standards induced a US mortgage lending and
housing bubble, whose consumption impact was amplified by innovations altering the …

This paper presents an empirical methodology for the evaluation of the benefits and costs of
land use planning. The technique is applied in the context of the Town and Country …

Shaping Places explains how towns and cities can turn real estate development to their
advantage to create the kind of places where people want to live, work, relax and invest. It …

Housing markets have multiple interactions with the rest of the economy and these are
surveyed in this paper. The drivers of house prices include income, the housing stock …

This paper challenges the dichotomous distinction between planning and the market
promoted by mainstream economists, by arguing that markets should be seen as socially …

Most housing models, and most policy analysis, hinge on explicit or implicit estimates of the
price elasticity of supply of housing: does the market respond to demand side shocks with …

Two kinds of government intervention in the land market are considered. The first is the
control of development, of which the most studied form is zoning, but we also consider the …

The location of new housing development has become one of the most intractable
controversies of modern times. This book provides a powerful critique of the growing …