Moderating urban sprawl: Is there a balance between shared open space and housing parcel size?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 763-783

  Cho, Seong Hoon ^a   Lambert, Dayton M ^a   Roberts, Roland K ^a   Kim, Seung Gyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; Hedonic pricing; Smart growth policy; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCATION DECISION; OPEN SPACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77955909545     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp048     Document Type: Article

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