{"product_id":"perverse-cities-9780774818964","title":"Perverse Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistorted price signals and flawed public policy create powerful and largely hidden perverse subsidies and incentives that promote urban sprawl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalytical and detailed in its approach and consistently daring in challenging accepted views of the causes of and solutions for urban sprawl.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Donner Prize Jury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Price of Sprawl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Planning Problem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Sprawl: A Planning Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Problem with Planning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Costs and Benefits of Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 How Do Our Cities Grow? Plans versus Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Prices Drive Sprawl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Subsidies, Cross-Subsidies, and Mis-Incentives: How Public Policy Finances Sprawl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Municipal Services: Costs and Prices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Network Services: Costs and Prices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Housing, Infrastructure, and Energy: More Mis-Pricing and Mis-Incentives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Driving Sprawl: Pricing and Policy Mis-Incentives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: What to Do\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Principles for a Market-Oriented Approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 A Toolbox of Market-Oriented Instruments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Perverse Subsidies, Perverse Cities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404921839959,"sku":"9780774818964","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774818964.jpg?v=1730488063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/perverse-cities-9780774818964","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}