Urban sprawl and regional growth: first empirical evidence from Italian Regions

Giuseppe Di Liddo ()
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Giuseppe Di Liddo: Università di Bari e Università del Salento

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Abstract: There are many factors inducing to think that urban sprawl can affect economic growth trough its negative effects on a number of relevant aspects of the economic activity. The negative effect may be due either by the increase in infrastructure's cost of provision within the national area and the reduction in productivity of farmland or by the increase in distortionary local taxes or subsidies. Furthermore, urbanization of remote rural area may also have important negative effects on public health. Using Italian regional data, this paper provides empirical evidence of the negative impact of urban sprawl on economic growth. The results suggest that reducing urban sprawl may leads to an increase in economic growth and that planning policies aimed to this intent are strongly recommended for Italy.

Keywords: urban Sprawl; regional growth; Italian Regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H73 H77 R10 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-04
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