Land-Use Planning and the Housing Market in Britain: The Impact on Housebuilding and House Prices

The impact of the British style of land-use planning upon the outcomes of private housing development and the housing market is examined. A unique cross-sectional database is constructed, and the medium-term elasticity of new housebuilding supply is estimated as a locally variable function of prices, costs, and land supply, with an explicit planning function. The model developed enables quantified projections to be made of the effect of specified changes in planning policy. The policy changes examined include large-scale increases in the volume of land released, changes in the mix of land released, and the use of planning agreements to pay for infrastructure or social housing.

Download Full-text

The role and significance of planning in the determination of house prices in Australia: Recent policy debates

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1177/0308518x21988942 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0308518X2198894

Author(s):

Peter Phibbs ◽

Nicole Gurran

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Housing Market ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

House Prices ◽

Housing Prices ◽

House Price ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Urban Housing ◽

Price Inflation ◽

Depth Analysis

On the world stage, Australian cities have been punching above their weight in global indexes of housing prices, sparking heated debates about the causes of and remedies for, sustained house price inflation. This paper examines the evidence base underpinning such debates, and the policy claims made by key commentators and stakeholders. With reference to the wider context of Australia’s housing market over a 20 year period, as well as an in depth analysis of a research paper by Australia’s central Reserve Bank, we show how economic theories commonly position land use planning as a primary driver of new supply constraints but overlook other explanations for housing market behavior. In doing so, we offer an alternative understanding of urban housing markets and land use planning interventions as a basis for more effective policy intervention in Australian and other world cities.

Download Full-text

Land Use Planning and Wildlife-Inflicted Crop Damage in Zambia

10.20944/preprints201808.0104.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Mitelo Subakanya ◽

Gelson Tembo ◽

Robert B. Richardson

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Current Drive ◽

Crop Damage ◽

Game Management ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Conservation Policies ◽

The Impact ◽

Human Wildlife Conflict

Damage to crops from wildlife interference is a common threat to food security among rural communities in or near Game Management Areas (GMAs) in Zambia. This study uses a two-stage econometric model and cross-sectional data from a survey of 2,769 households to determine the impact of land use planning on the probability and extent of wildlife-inflicted crop damage. The results show that crop damage is higher in GMAs as compared to non-GMAs, and that land use planning could be an effective tool to significantly reduce the likelihood of such damage. These findings suggest that there is merit in the current drive to develop and implement land use plans as means to minimize human-wildlife conflict such as crop damage. This is especially critical as Zambian conservation policies do not have an explicit provision for compensation in the event of damage from wildlife.

Download Full-text

The effect of upzoning on house prices and redevelopment premiums in Auckland, New Zealand

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/0042098020940602 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 004209802094060

Author(s):

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy ◽

Gail Pacheco ◽

Kade Sorensen

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

New Zealand ◽

Large Scale ◽

House Prices ◽

Property Values ◽

Economic Potential ◽

Land Use Regulations ◽

Short Run ◽

The Impact

We study the short-run effects of a large-scale upzoning on house prices and redevelopment premiums in Auckland, New Zealand. Upzoning significantly increases the redevelopment premium but the overall effect on house prices depends on the economic potential for site redevelopment, with underdeveloped properties appreciating relative to intensively developed properties. Notably, intensively developed properties decrease in value relative to similar dwellings that were not upzoned, showing that the large-scale upzoning had an immediate depreciative effect on pre-existing intensive housing. Our results show that the economic potential for site redevelopment is fundamental to understanding the impact of changes in land use regulations on property values.

Download Full-text

Vehicle miles traveled and the built environment: New evidence from panel data

Journal of Transport and Land Use ◽

10.5198/jtlu.2020.1647 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 23-48

Author(s):

Keith Ihlanfeldt

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Built Environment ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Urban Expansion ◽

Land Uses ◽

Vehicle Miles Traveled ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Impact ◽

New Evidence

There has been considerable interest in the impact that the built environment has on vehicle miles traveled (VMT). While this issue has been extensively researched, due to the heavy reliance on cross-sectional data, there remains uncertainty regarding how effective local land-use planning and regulation might be in reducing VMT. Based on a 13-year panel of Florida counties, models are estimated that relate VMT to new measures of the spatial distribution of alternative land uses within counties and county urban expansion. Identification of causal effects is established by including year and county fixed effects, along with an extensive set of control variables, and instrumenting those land uses that may be endogenous. Incremental annual changes in the spatial concentration of alternative land uses are found to affect VMT. The policy implication is that appropriate land-use policy can reduce VMT and should be considered part of the strategy for dealing with the problem of global warming.

Download Full-text

Land Use Planning and Wildlife-Inflicted Crop Damage in Zambia

Environments ◽

10.3390/environments5100110 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

pp. 110

Author(s):

Mitelo Subakanya ◽

Gelson Tembo ◽

Robert Richardson

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Current Drive ◽

Crop Damage ◽

Game Management ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Conservation Policies ◽

The Impact ◽

Human Wildlife Conflict

Damage to crops from wildlife interference is a common threat to food security among rural communities in or near Game Management Areas (GMAs) in Zambia. This study uses a two-stage model and cross-sectional data from a survey of 2769 households to determine the impact of land use planning on the probability and extent of wildlife-inflicted crop damage. The results show that crop damage is higher in GMAs as compared to non-GMAs, and that land use planning could be an effective tool to significantly reduce the likelihood of such damage. These findings suggest that there is merit in the current drive to develop and implement land use plans to minimize human-wildlife conflict such as crop damage. This is especially critical as Zambian conservation policies do not explicitly provide compensation for damage caused by wildlife.

Download Full-text

Investigating the Impact of Airport Noise and Land Use Restrictions on House Prices: Evidence from Selected Regional Airports in Poland

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11020412 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 412 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jacek Batóg ◽

Iwona Foryś ◽

Radosław Gaca ◽

Michał Głuszak ◽

Jan Konowalczuk

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

House Prices ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Property Value ◽

Property Prices ◽

Value Loss ◽

Housing Submarkets ◽

Regional Airports ◽

The Impact

In this paper, we investigate the influence of airport operation on property prices. In this research, we apply spatial hedonic regression and a difference-in-differences approach to address the introduction of new land use restrictions on property prices. We use data on housing transactions from two housing submarkets around regional airports in Poland. The results suggest that the introduction of land use restrictions impacts property prices. In general, as expected, more rigid restrictions translate into higher discounts in property prices. This research contributes to the limited knowledge on the impact of the introduction of land use restrictions on property prices, as most previous papers have focused solely on the impact of noise. These findings must be treated with caution, as some estimates were not statistically significant, mainly due to limited sample size. The research has important policy implications. Growing airports in Poland face tensions between economic and environmental sustainability. Currently, airports in Poland are obliged to limit their environmental impact by creating limited use areas related to the aircraft related noise while being responsible for property value loss related to these restrictions. As a consequence, most regional airports face significant compensations to property owners.

Download Full-text

Linking Land Use Capability classes and APSIM to estimate pasture growth for regional land use planning

Soil Research ◽

10.1071/sr15018 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 (1) ◽

pp. 94 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Iris Vogeler ◽

Rogerio Cichota ◽

Josef Beautrais

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

New Zealand ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Management Practices ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Land Resource ◽

Pastoral Systems ◽

System Models ◽

Farm System ◽

The Impact

Investigation of land-use and management changes at regional scales require the linkage of farm-system models with land-resource information, which for pastoral systems includes forage supply. The New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) and associated Land Use Capability (LUC) database include estimates of the potential stock-carrying capacity across the country, which can be used to derive estimates of average annual pasture yields. Farm system models and decision support tools, however, require information on the seasonal patterns of pasture growth. To generate such pasture growth curves (PGCs), the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) was used, with generic soil profiles based on descriptions of LUC classes, to generate PGCs for three regions of New Zealand. Simulated annual pasture yields were similar to the estimates of annual potential pasture yield in the NZLRI spatial database, and they provided information on inter-annual variability. Simulated PGCs generally agreed well with measured long-term patterns of seasonal pasture growth. The approach can be used to obtain spatially discrete estimates of seasonal pasture growth patterns across New Zealand for use in farm system models and for assessing the impact of management practices and climate change on the regional sustainability.

Download Full-text

HUBUNGAN PANDEMI COVID-19 DAN PSBB DENGAN GANGGUAN DEPRESI PADA LANSIA DI PANTI WREDA HANA CIPUTAT JAKARTA

Jurnal Muara Medika dan Psikologi Klinis ◽

10.24912/jmmpk.v1i1.12087 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Anggun Tsabitah Rachmah ◽

Noer Saelan Tadjudin

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Large Scale ◽

Depressive Disorders ◽

The Elderly ◽

Elderly Subjects ◽

Research Subjects ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

Pemerintah Indonesia selama pandemi COVID-19 menerapkan PSBB (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar) dimana PSBB tersebut membuat aktivitas masyarakat dibatasi, dampaknya juga bisa dirasakan pada lansia di Panti Wreda sehingga dapat menyebabkan timbulnya gangguan depresi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pandemi COVID-19 dan PSBB dengan gangguan depresi pada lansia di Panti Wreda Hana Ciputat Jakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode analitik observational dengan desain studi cross sectional. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Panti Wreda Hana Ciputat Jakarta terhadap lansia sejumlah 56 subjek penelitian yang terdiri dari perempuan 48 orang dan laki-laki 8 orang. Dari 56 subjek penelitian jumlah laki-laki 8 (14,3%) dan perempuan 48 (85,7%). Sebelum terjadinya pandemi COVID-19 dan PSBB, subjek penelitian yang tidak depresi sejumlah 49 subjek (87,5 %), kemungkinan besar depresi 6 subjek (10,7%), dan yang mengalami depresi 1 subjek (1,8%). Selama pandemi COVID19 dan PSBB, subjek penelitian yang tidak depresi 38 subjek (67,9%), kemungkinan besar depresi 14 subjek (25%), dan yang mengalami depresi 4 subjek (7,1%). Berdasarkan hasil uji Chi-square nilai p= 0,000. Dapat disimpulkan terdapat hubungan pandemi COVID-19 dan PSBB dengan gangguan depresi pada lansia di Panti Wreda Hana Ciputat Jakarta. The Government of Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic implemented PSBB (Large-Scale Social Restrictions) where the PSBB made community activities restricted, the impact can also be felt on the elderly in nursing home so that it can cause depressive disorders. This research was done in order to determine the relationship of the COVID-19 pandemic and PSBB with depressive disorders in the elderly at the Ciputat Hana Nursing Home in Jakarta. This study used an observational analytic method with a cross sectional study design. The research was conducted at the Ciputat Hana Nursing Home in Jakarta for 56 elderly subjects. In the nursing home consist of 48 women and 8 men. In 56 research subjects, there were 8 (14,3%) men and 48 (85,7%) women. Before the Pandemic of COVID-19 and PSBB, there were 49 (87,5%) research subjects who were not depressed, 6 (10,7%) research subjects who were most likely depressed, and 1 (1,8%) research subject who were depressed. During the Pandemic of COVID-19 and PSBB, there were 38 (67,9%) research subjects who were not depressed, 14 (25%) research subjects who were most likely depressed, and 4 (7,1%) research subjects who were depressed. Based on Chi-Square test result, the value of P = 0,000. In conclusion, there is a correlation between the pandemic of COVID-19 and PSBB with depression disorder in the elderly at Ciputat Hana Nursing Home in Jakarta.

Download Full-text

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Career Intention Among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Single-center Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province

10.21203/rs.3.rs-622888/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xue-lin Wang ◽

Ming-xiu Liu ◽

Shuai Peng ◽

Lei Yang ◽

Chen Lu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Health Worker ◽

Large Scale ◽

Career Planning ◽

Limited Information ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Career Intentions ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Career Intention ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background：Undergraduate medical (UM) students faced the realities of the difficulties inherent in medical careers due to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Thus imperative containment measures could affect UM students’ career intentions. There is limited information regarding the factors potentially associated with these students’ career change intentions.Methods：we conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on career intention and the associated factors in UM students in August 2020. Univariate analyses and logistic regression analysis were used to identify the factors that contributed to any change of career intention.Results: A total of 2,040 medical students were contained from Hubei University of Medicine. The change of career intention was related to grade, attitude towards being a health worker and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusions: Changes in career intentions were particularly influenced by grade, attitude towards being a health worker, and the degree of COVID-19’s impact on the participants’ lives. Treating large-scale public health emergencies in rational way, setting up correct views of occupation choice and building reasonable career planning may reduce the loss of medical talents.

Download Full-text

Close to the Madding Crowd: How Resilient are Imperilled Mediterranean Urban Wetlands?

10.21203/rs.3.rs-269747/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Abdallah Aouadi ◽

Farrah Samraoui ◽

Laid Touati ◽

Riad Nedjah ◽

Lynda Souiki ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Substantial Reduction ◽

Anthropogenic Pressures ◽

Conservation Action ◽

Marsh Harrier ◽

Long Term Study ◽

Circus Aeruginosus ◽

Ixobrychus Minutus ◽

The Impact

Abstract Investigating how Mediterranean wetlands respond to adjacent land use conversion, is an important first step in mitigating the impact of human encroachment and other environmental stressors. We monitored the composition and structure of waterbird assemblages, in a Mediterranean urban marsh, subjected to severe anthropogenic pressures. Remote sensing indicated that in the last two decades Boussedra Pond was subjected to landfill, resulting in a substantial reduction (~ 50%) of the marsh, while due to a lack of urban planning urban built-up and agriculture areas expanded considerably in its surroundings. Seasonal changes in the diversity of waterbirds, including the globally Endangered (EN) White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala and the Near-Threatened (NT) Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca, reflected the importance of the site as a staging and wintering area for many migratory species. The long-term study also suggested that breeding waterbirds species respond differentially to the loss and degradation of habitats, as highlighted by the resilience of the synanthropic Moorhen Gallinula chloropus and the disappearance of several breeding marsh specialists, like the Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus and the Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus. The study points out the need for both a coordinated cross-sectorial land use planning and an immediate, affordable and sustainable wetland conservation action.

Download Full-text