Urban sprawl and regional growth: empirical evidence from Italian Regions

Giuseppe Di Liddo

No 15_5, Working Papers from SIET Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica

Abstract: Urban sprawl may affect economic growth through 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, decreasing labour productivity. Using Italian regional data, this paper provides empirical evidence of the negative impact of urban sprawl on regional economic growth in Italy. The results suggest that the containment of urban sprawl may lead to higher regional GDP growth rate.

Date: 2015
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