 Comment on Karen A. Danielsen, Robert E. Lang, and William Fulton's “Retracting suburbia: Smart growth and the future of housing”Michael S. Carliner Housing Policy Debate, 1999, vol. 10, issue 3, 549-553 Abstract: The prescription to end sprawl that Danielsen, Lang, and Fulton propose includes regulatory changes to allow higher densities and requires consumers to choose to live in higher density housing. Most suburbanites are unwilling to swallow that pill. The market continues to demand low‐density development. Surveys conducted by a number of institutions show time and time again that consumers are unwilling to relinquish their large lots and single‐family homes. Not only do most suburbanites prefer to live in housing built at limited densities, but they want their neighbors to do so as well. This is reflected in land use regulations that mandate even lower densities than market demand would dictate. In addition to social prejudices, desires to limit noise and traffic, and other quality‐of‐life concerns, there are financial advantages, for both communities and current residents, in maintaining low‐density, exclusionary land use regulations. Date: 1999 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:houspd:v:10:y:1999:i:3:p:549-553 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1999.9521343 Access Statistics for this article Housing Policy Debate is currently edited by Tom Sanchez, Susanne Viscarra and Derek Hyra More articles in Housing Policy Debate from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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