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作者

Lyndsey A. Rolheiser;Chengzhen Dai

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue8,P.1097-1123

语言

英文

关键字

Land use,municipal expenditures,smart growth,built environment,GIS

作者单位

Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

摘要

A clear understanding of the relationship between development patterns and municipal expenditures is complicated by how one chooses to quantify these patterns. Extant literature often employs a single density measure to capture the low-density nature of sprawl. While density provides an intuitive link to economies of scale and congestion costs, it fails to capture other spatial characteristics of sprawl related to centrality, connectedness, and mixed use that may influence municipal expenditures according to Smart Growth and New Urbanism advocates. This study uses Massachusetts orthoimagery data to construct multidimensional measures of residential and commercial land use patterns. Municipal expenditures associated with public works, fire, and police are regressed on multidimensional measures of land use as well as a number of demand controls. Findings indicate that economies and diseconomies do exist with respect to the multidimensional metrics considered. Support is mixed for development patterns emphasized by Smart Growth and New Urbanism advocates.KEYWORDS: Land use, municipal expenditures, smart growth, built environment, GISDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Supplemental materialSupplemental data for this article can be accessed here.Correction StatementThis article has been republished with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship.