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Michael Manville - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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parking requirements and Housing Development regulation and reform in los angeles
ACCESS Magazine, 2014Co-Authors: Michael ManvilleAbstract:PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND Housing Development REGULATION A N D REFORM I N LOS ANGELES MICHAEL MANVILLE W hen cities require off-street parking with all new residential construction, they shift what should be a cost of driving—the cost of parking a car—into the cost of Housing. A price drivers should pay at the end of their trips becomes a cost developers must bear at the start of their projects. Faced with these minimum parking requirements, developers may build less Housing, and the Housing they do build may be more likely to include parking. Parking requirements could therefore reduce both the amount and variety of Housing in a city. Michael Manville is Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. He received his PhD in Urban Planning from the University of California, L os Angeles (mkm253@cornell.edu). A C C E S S
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Parking Requirements and Housing Development
Journal of the American Planning Association, 2013Co-Authors: Michael ManvilleAbstract:Problem, research strategy, and findings: Zoning laws that require onsite parking spaces with every residential unit arguably inhibit Housing Development in center cities and make Housing that is built both more uniform and expensive. I test this idea using data from a natural experiment in Los Angeles. In 1999, Los Angeles freed old vacant commercial and industrial buildings in its downtown from all parking requirements if converted to residential use. Using both an original survey and interviews with planners and developers I first document the extent to which these buildings were turned into Housing, then compare parking provision at these converted buildings with parking requirements for other downtown Housing. I find that developers used deregulation to create thousands of Housing units in previously disinvested areas of downtown Los Angeles and departed substantially from conventional parking zoning, mainly by providing parking offsite. I also find strong evidence that units in deregulated buildings are less likely to offer parking, and mixed support for the idea that units without parking are smaller and offered at lower prices. Takeaway for practice: The case study lends credence to arguments that parking requirements create barriers to Housing Development. Policymakers should be particularly interested in the influence of locational requirements on parking. The biggest departure from the zoning code was not in how many spaces developers provided, but where they provided them. Research support: The University of California Transportation Center funded this research.
Xiangming Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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China's Urban Housing Development in the
2016Co-Authors: Xiangming ChenAbstract:This paper examines the influence of economic and Housing reforms on urban Housing Development in China during the early transition from central state redistribution to administrative and fiscal decentralization. In socialist redistributive economies, the central state historically favored production investment at the expense of Housing investment, monopolized the limited urban Housing investment through administrative planning, and allocated urban Housing as a heavily subsidized redistributive good. These policies contributed to serious urban Housing shortages as an entrenched social problem in China. Panel regression analysis is used to model determinants of urban Housing Development in an early phase of economic and Housing reform. The findings suggest the effects of continuing state redistribution and accelerated decentralization on urban Housing Development. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed. The problem of Housing illustrates the nature of social problems in general, and from its analysis students of social life can learn a great deal concerning the role of norms, the complexity of the factors and the method of analysis of social problems in general. Louis Wirth (1947:142)
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China's Urban Housing Development in the Shift from Redistribution to Decentralization
Social Problems, 1993Co-Authors: Xiangming Chen, Xiaoyuan GaoAbstract:This paper examines the influence of economic and Housing reforms on urban Housing Development in China during the early transition from central state redistribution to administrative and fiscal decentralization. In socialist redistributive economies, the central state historically favored production investment at the expense of Housing investment, monopolized the limited urban Housing investment through administrative planning, and allocated urban Housing as a heavily subsidized redistributive good. These policies contributed to serious urban Housing shortages as an entrenched social problem in China. Panel regression analysis is used to model determinants of urban Housing Development in an early phase of economic and Housing reform. The findings suggest the effects of continuing state redistribution and accelerated decentralization on urban Housing Development. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.
Xiaoyuan Gao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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China's Urban Housing Development in the Shift from Redistribution to Decentralization
Social Problems, 1993Co-Authors: Xiangming Chen, Xiaoyuan GaoAbstract:This paper examines the influence of economic and Housing reforms on urban Housing Development in China during the early transition from central state redistribution to administrative and fiscal decentralization. In socialist redistributive economies, the central state historically favored production investment at the expense of Housing investment, monopolized the limited urban Housing investment through administrative planning, and allocated urban Housing as a heavily subsidized redistributive good. These policies contributed to serious urban Housing shortages as an entrenched social problem in China. Panel regression analysis is used to model determinants of urban Housing Development in an early phase of economic and Housing reform. The findings suggest the effects of continuing state redistribution and accelerated decentralization on urban Housing Development. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.
Liyin Shen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Green strategy for gaining competitive advantage in Housing Development: a China study
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2011Co-Authors: Xiaoling Zhang, Liyin ShenAbstract:The promotion of green strategy in Housing Development has significant contribution to the implementation of sustainable Development principles. Why do the Housing developers go for green? This paper examines the benefits and barriers in applying green strategies in the process of Housing Development and facilities management. The examination is conducted from the whole process of developing a Housing project, including project plan and design, construction, and operation and management stages. It is considered by the Housing developers that the application of certain types of green strategies can help contribute to building up developers’ competitive advantages, such as solar system and optimizing building envelope thermal performance technology. The four case studies suggest that Housing developers believe that the application of these green technologies can contribute to reputation gaining, reduction in construction and operation cost, receiving favorable land prices, and more channels available for financing. On the other hand, the major barriers affecting the application of the green strategies in Housing Development process have also been identified, such as higher cost for green appliance and higher cost in relation to customers’ demand. Data used for analysis are collected from a comprehensive questionnaire survey and four constructive case studies within the Chinese Housing Development market.Department of Building and Real Estat
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Green strategy for gaining competitive advantage in Housing Development: a China study
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2010Co-Authors: Xiaoling Zhang, Liyin ShenAbstract:Abstract The promotion of green strategy in Housing Development has significant contribution to the implementation of sustainable Development principles. Why do the Housing developers go for green? This paper examines the benefits and barriers in applying green strategies in the process of Housing Development and facilities management. The examination is conducted from the whole process of developing a Housing project, including project plan and design, construction, and operation and management stages. It is considered by the Housing developers that the application of certain types of green strategies can help contribute to building up developers’ competitive advantages, such as solar system and optimizing building envelope thermal performance technology. The four case studies suggest that Housing developers believe that the application of these green technologies can contribute to reputation gaining, reduction in construction and operation cost, receiving favorable land prices, and more channels available for financing. On the other hand, the major barriers affecting the application of the green strategies in Housing Development process have also been identified, such as higher cost for green appliance and higher cost in relation to customers’ demand. Data used for analysis are collected from a comprehensive questionnaire survey and four constructive case studies within the Chinese Housing Development market.
Ding Chengri - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Land policies and urban Housing Development
Urban Studies, 2002Co-Authors: Ding ChengriAbstract:The Housing market analysis in Beijing reveals that high Housing prices are beyond the range of affordability of urban residents. After analyzing the cost components of Housing Development and their determination, the paper concludes that high Housing prices in Beijing (also in other Chinese cities) are attributed to:(1) there is not fixed costs that should be independent of Housing Development scale; (2) floor-area ratio is a dominant factor in the land price calculation so that there is not economic incentive for developers to substitute land and capital inputs in order to maximize profits. Based on the analysis, the paper recommends the direction that future policy reform should be taken.
