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Urban Sprawl and Policy Responses
A General Equilibrium Analysis of Residential Choice in a New Economic Geography Framework
Doctoral Thesis to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences (Dr. rer.soc.oec.) at the University of Graz, Austria
- Titel
- Urban Sprawl and Policy Responses
- Untertitel
- A General Equilibrium Analysis of Residential Choice in a New Economic Geography Framework
- Autor
- Olivia Koland
- Verlag
- Austria-Forum
- Ort
- Graz
- Datum
- 2010
- Sprache
- englisch
- Abmessungen
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Seiten
- 258
- Kategorien
- Abschlussarbeiten
- International
- Recht und Politik
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Abbreviations 9
- Introduction 11
- Empirical motivation and scientific background: The importance of transport related antisprawl policies 11
- The impact of transportation on environment, health and climate 11
- The link between spatial economic activity and transportation 13
- The potential of policy options to address vehicle emissions via patterns of land use 15
- The challenge of urban sprawl 17
- The driving factors of urban sprawl 18
- The consequences of urban sprawl 21
- Contribution to the literature and scientific relevance 23
- Structure of the dissertation 27
- Empirical motivation and scientific background: The importance of transport related antisprawl policies 11
- The renewed interest in general theory on location and space economy 29
- A theoretical model of residential choice with commuting and transport related pollution 65
- Empirical application: Simulation of urban sprawl and policy responses 135
- Conclusions 205
- GAMS/MPSGE Code 219
- Bibliography 241
- List of Tables and Figures 255