The cost of land use decisions : applying transaction cost economics to planning & development / / Edwin Buitelaar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910877788303321
• Autore: Buitelaar Edwin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishing, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-30918-4; 9786611309183; 0-470-69222-7; 0-470-69148-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Collana: Real estate issues
• Classificazione: 74.72; 83.79
• Disciplina: 333.73/15
• Soggetti: Land use - Economic aspects; Land use; Land use - Planning; Real estate development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.