Traffic Congestion and Land Use Regulations
Theory and Policy Analysis
- 1st Edition - August 16, 2019
- Latest edition
- Authors: Tatsuhito Kono, Kirti Kusum Joshi
- Language: English
Traffic Congestion and Land Use Regulations: Theory and Policy Analysis explores why, when, where and how land use regulations are utilized in cities to address road transport… Read more
Description
Description
Traffic Congestion and Land Use Regulations: Theory and Policy Analysis explores why, when, where and how land use regulations are utilized in cities to address road transportation congestion. The book shows how to design optimal density and zonal regulations for efficient traffic flow in cities, examines land use regulations using optimal control theory, and offers detailed insights into the mechanisms behind optimal regulations and techniques for exploring spatial optimal policies. Discussions from this book will help highlight the practical usefulness of land use regulations for the maximization of urban social welfare.
Key features
Key features
- Uniquely explores land use regulations and traffic congestion from both theoretical and applied perspectives
- Reviews and summarizes the most recent academic research in urban economics, land use management and transportation congestion
- Demonstrates important, but less commonly used regulations, such as minimum floor area regulations
- Provides insights on how to construct smarter cities using the latest research in land use regulations
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction2. Necessity of a minimum floor area regulation3. Differences in optimal land use regulation between a closed city and an open city4. Optimal land use regulation in a static city and a growing city 5. Optimal land use regulations in a city with business areas6. Introducing cordon pricing to the regulated city7. Road investment evaluation under land use regulation8. Changes with future ICT technologies and future studies
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 16, 2019
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Tatsuhito Kono
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