Use of impact fees to incentivize low-impact development and promote compact growth

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10744-10752

  Lu, Zhongming ^a   Noonan, Douglas ^b   Crittenden, John ^a   Jeong, Hyunju ^a   Wang, Dali ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITIES; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SCENARIO EXPLORATIONS; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TAXATION;

PLANNING;

RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOMEOWNER; INCENTIVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEE; GOVERNMENT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; RAIN; SANITARY ENGINEERING; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84885095562     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304924w     Document Type: Article

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