Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Call Number: 307.1216 B635P 2010 Author: Blais, Pamela. Title: Perverse cities : hidden subsidies, wonky policy, and urban sprawl / Pamela Blais. Publisher, Date: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010. Description: xii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: City planning -- Economic aspects. Cities and towns -- Growth -- Economic aspects. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-269) and index. Contents: The price of sprawl -- Sprawl : a planning problem -- The costs and benefits of sprawl -- The costs and benefits of planning -- How do our cities grow? Plans versus reality -- Prices drive sprawl -- Municipal services : costs and prices -- Network services : costs and prices -- Housing, infrastructure, and energy: more mis-pricing and mis-incentives -- Driving sprawl : pricing and policy mis-incentives -- Principles for a market-oriented approach -- A toolbox of market-oriented instruments -- Perverse subsidies, perverse cities. LCCN: 2011411081 ISBN: 9780774818957 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0774818956 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780774818964 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0774818964 (pbk. : acid-free paper) Other Number: 651119218 Items available: 1 Copies owned: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1