Analyzing Building Height Restrictions: Predicted Impacts, Welfare Costs, and a Case Study of Bangalore, India

Analyzing Building Height Restrictions: Predicted Impacts, Welfare Costs, and a Case Study of Bangalore, India

The authors analyze the effects of building height restrictions, providing a concrete welfare cost estimate for the city of Bangalore, India. Relying on several theoretical results, their analysis shows that the welfare cost imposed on its resident...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bertaud, Alain, Brueckner, Jan K.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
BENCHMARK
BUILDING MATERIALS
CITIES
COMMAND ECONOMIES
CONSUMERS
COST SAVINGS
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DWELLING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXTERNALITIES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
HOUSING
HOUSING PRICES
HOUSING SUPPLY
INCOME
LAND USE
LAWS
LIVING CONDITIONS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL INCOME
NORMAL GOOD
OPERATING COSTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY MAKERS
POPULATION DENSITIES
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
PURCHASING POWER
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE MARKETS
REGULATORY POLICY
SAVINGS
TAX
TAX REVENUE
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
TRANSPORT
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN LAND
UTILITY FUNCTION
WASTE DISPOSAL
ZONING BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
CASE STUDIES
WELFARE ECONOMICS
COST ANALYSIS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
URBAN CONCENTRATION
BURDEN SHARING
MARGINALIZED GROUPS
URBAN POVERTY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3694606/analyzing-building-height-restrictions-predicted-impacts-welfare-costs-case-study-bangalore-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14308

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3694606/analyzing-building-height-restrictions-predicted-impacts-welfare-costs-case-study-bangalore-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14308

Similar Items