Measuring welfare gains from relaxation of land-use restrictions: The case of India's building-height limits

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1061-1067

  Brueckner, Jan K ^a   Sridhar, Kala Seetharam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Public Affairs Center   (India)

Author keywords

Building heights; FAR limits; India; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COMMUTING; HEIGHT; LAND USE PLANNING; URBAN AREA; WELFARE IMPACT;

INDIA;

EID: 84870248694     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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