Urban Growth Boundaries: Effective or Worthless?



Watch over 2,400 documentaries with Curiosity Stream for free for a month by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/citybeautiful
and using the code, “citybeautiful” at checkout.

Cities can use urban growth boundaries to keep urban development compact, while protecting farm and forest land outside. But do they raise housing prices? And do they stop sprawl at all?

Video on Nebula: https://nebula.app/videos/citybeautiful-urban-growth-boundaries-effective-or-worthless

Bonus video here: https://nebula.app/videos/citybeautiful-hi-im-dave-channel-faq

I’m on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful

Resources on this topic:

Diller, P. A., & Sullivan, E. J. (2018). The Challenge of Housing Affordability in Oregon. *Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law*, *27* (1), 183-232.

Kim, J. H. (2013). Measuring the Containment and Spillover Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries: The Case of the Portland Metropolitan Area. *Growth and Change*, *44* (4), 650-675.

Lewis, R., & Parker, R. (2021). Exurban growth inside the urban growth boundary? An examination of development in Oregon cities. *Growth and Change*, *52* (2), 885-908.

Mathur, S. (2014). Impact of urban growth boundary on housing and land prices: Evidence from King County, Washington. *Housing Studies*, *29* (1), 128-148.

Mathur, S. (2019). Impact of an urban growth boundary across the entire house price spectrum: The two-stage quantile spatial regression approach. *Land Use Policy*, *80*, 88-94.

Myung-Jin Jun (2006) The Effects of Portland’s Urban Growth Boundary on Housing Prices, Journal of the American Planning Association, 72:2, 239-243, DOI: 10.1080/01944360608976742

Sullivan, E. J. (2014). Urban growth management in Portland, Oregon. *Or. L. Rev.*, *93*, 455.

Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Standard Studios.
Select images and video from Getty Images.
Black Lives Matter.

source

Save This Post
ClosePlease login

No account yet? Register

RECOMMENDED