scholarly journals APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND-USE REGULATIONS ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN ILORIN, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
AbdulAkeem Olasunkanmi Otunola ◽  
Michael Adedayo Adebayo
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Property Development ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Commercial Property ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Test Of Hypothesis ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement ◽  
Reserved Area

The implementation of land use regulations on commercial property development is extremely important because of benefits abound in it for the society. Ilorin the capital of Kwara state, Nigeria is experiencing influx of many residents which gave rise to series of urban challenges. This paper appraised the implementation of land use regulations on commercial property development in Ilorin, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design and census method was adopted for the commercial properties and Estate Surveying and Valuation firms in the study area. Questionnaires were distributed to 26 practicing Estate firms in Ilorin Kwara State, 110 and 39 selected landlords / occupiers of commercial properties in Gambari-Ipata-Emir’s road and Government Reserved Area in Ilorin, Nigeria. Out of which 24 questionnaires (92%) and 110 (100%), 36 (92 %) were returned and found useful for the study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of cross tabulation and inferential statistics of Independent Sample t – Test and test of hypothesis. The research revealed that the p-values were all greater than 0.01 which led to the acceptance of null hypothesis that the level of implementation of land use regulations on commercial property development does not vary in the study area. The study conclude that there were hindrances to effective implementations of land use regulations on commercial property development across the study areas, and if not corrected will continue to affect the welfare of the citizens, ease of commercial activities, will lead to falling in commercial property’s rental value, falling in urban aesthetic value, and an increase in externalities. The study recommended proper government intervention in providing better resources to improve the level of monitoring and enforcement of land use regulations on commercial property development.

Do Higher Land Costs for New Single-Family Housing Inhibit Economic Activity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124242110061
Author(s):  
Robert W. Wassmer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Residential Land ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Residential Land Use

The price of a new home is greater if the land to put it on costs more. In many U.S. metropolitan areas, this generates the widely acknowledged equity concern that low- to moderate-income households spend disproportionately on housing. But high residential land prices translating into high single-family home prices may also generate the efficiency concern of discouraging new workers’ entry into such areas or encouraging existing workers’ exit. The result could be a decrease in economic activity. This research offers panel-data regression evidence in support of the existence of this adverse outcome. Perhaps these findings can raise the saliency of the needed state or federal government intervention to curtail the stringency of local residential land-use regulations. NIMBYs see these land-use regulations as in their jurisdiction’s best interest, but as demonstrated here, such restrictions impose additional metro-wide economic concerns.

Do Restrictive Land Use Regulations Make Housing More Expensive Everywhere?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124242110435
Author(s):  
John Landis ◽  
Vincent J. Reina
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Values ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Single Region ◽  
Home Value ◽  
Regulatory Measures ◽  
Home Values ◽  
Regulatory Measure

This study makes three contributions to the debate over the effect of local land use regulations on housing prices and affordability. First, it is more geographically extensive than previous studies, encompassing 336 of the nation's 384 metropolitan areas. Second, it looks at multiple measures of regulatory stringency, not just one. Most prior studies have focused either on a single regulatory measure or index across multiple metropolitan areas, or multiple regulatory measures in a single region. Third, this paper considers the connection between regulatory stringency and housing values as a function of employment growth and per-worker payroll levels. We find that restrictive land use regulations do indeed have a pervasive effect on local home values and rents, and that these effects are magnified in faster-growing and more prosperous economies. We also find more restrictive land use regulations are not associated with faster rates of recent home value or rent growth, and that their effects on housing construction levels—that is, the degree to which they constrain supply—is uneven among different housing markets.

Urbanization and Carbon Emissions in India and China

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
India And China

This article understands, from an empirical perspective, the determinants of carbon emissions, using internationally comparable data, and cross-national regressions for India and China. Next, it explores the relationship between urban land use regulations and carbon emissions in India’s cities. Urbanization has no impact on carbon emissions per capita or per unit of geographical area. Electricity consumption in China and electricity produced from coal in India have a positive effect on carbon emissions. GDP per capita has a positive effect in India and not so in China, but per capita GDP squared has a negative impact on emissions in both the countries. Does this imply that urbanization should be ignored in the two countries? The answer is no, because a city’s urban form, to which policy contributes, is correlated with carbon emissions. More suburbanized cities which sprawl more also emit more carbon. India’s land use regulations relating to building height restrictions are conservative, hence Indian cities sprawl, which lead to carbon emissions. Hence, the focus of urban policy has to be on the development of compact cities. The article concludes with caveats of the data.

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