| #2213945 in Books | 2011-06-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.90 x.80 x6.00l,.95 | File type: PDF | 294 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Informative and important|By Claes Sandstrom|The book covers one of the most important truths about good public policy making, price signals trumps regulation. The ability to create clear and transparent price signals instead of adding regulation helps the rational market actor make the right decisions. “Correct” prices must include not only the private cost of a go||"This highly practical book will give urban policy makers a better understanding of the implications of a number of tools available to them. It is a welcome addition to the debate over the use of regulatory policy as opposed to tax/subsidy measures to address
Urban sprawl - low-density subdivisions and business parks, big box stores and mega-malls - has increasingly come to define city growth despite decades of planning and policy. In Perverse Cities, Pamela Blais argues that flawed public policies and mis-pricing create hidden, “perverse” subsidies and incentives that promote sprawl while discouraging more efficient and sustainable urban forms - clearly not what most planners and environmentalists have in ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Perverse Cities: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, and Urban Sprawl | Pamela Blais. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
