Land Use, Energy Flow, and Decision Making in Human Society. Economic Repercussions of Controlled Population Growth

摘要

The study examines attempts made by localities to control population growth and investigates the economic ramifications of these plans. The approach taken to analyze the effects of population growth control include the following: (1) Efforts made to control population growth in the United States are reviewed and problems arising from the use of growth control tools are discussed; (2) The tools most frequently and effectively used--building permit controls, zoning, public service extention controls--are examined more closely and the nature of their use is discussed; (3) Economic theory and empirical evidence are employed to analyze the effects of these tools on the housing and land markets of the localities in which they are implemented; (4) Effects of changes in net immigration and in the levels of construction on the housing industry, related industries, and the local economy are analyzed with the use of statistical techniques; and (5) Population growth control is viewed from a macroscopic view and the overall long-term significance of the controls is discussed.