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Welfare Economics, Land and the Environment

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Urban Land Economics and Public Policy

Part of the book series: Building and Surveying Series ((BASS))

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One only needs to cast a glance at urban activities to realise the degree to which actions are encouraged or constrained in some way in an attempt to bring about a more efficient allocation of resources: control of urban traffic flows, subsidies to public transport, planning controls and limits on permitted housing densities, to name but a few. In addition, public-sector infrastructure projects (such as roads, bridges and airports) will generally affect the well-being or welfare of a large number of individuals, and since many of these benefits (and costs) are of a non-monetary nature, economic theory must provide the means to assess such changes.

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  1. University of Greenwich, UK

    Paul N. Balchin Ph.D., B.Sc.(Econ.) (Reader in Urban Economics) & Gregory H. Bull B.A., M.A., Doctorate (Senior Lecturer in Economics)

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Balchin, P.N., Bull, G.H., Kieve, J.L. (1995). Welfare Economics, Land and the Environment. In: Urban Land Economics and Public Policy. Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13652-0_6

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