Anti-sprawl policies in a system of congested cities

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-423

  Anas, Alex ^a   Pines, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congestion; Congestion tolls; Sprawl; Urban growth boundaries

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; TAX SYSTEM; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 50849098154     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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