[PEN-L:3851] Re: subsidies for sprawl

[bill mitchell <ECWFM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Right now I am very pressed. But to answer barklaaaay
the measurement possibilities lie not in measuring things
the way you propose (that is, against some benchmark status
quo). Rather, some sensible work has been done in OZ on the
opposite thinking process. that is, with urban sprawl being
associated with a drift from the CBD, there is potential to
increase residential density in the centre. the question then
becomes "What savings to infrastructure suppliers (most notably
local govt in OZ, but also state and federal g) of this concentration
given that it avoids them supplying increased infrastructure on the
periphery.

that is a much more tractable problem to measure and there have been
several in OZ. when i get more time, maybe later today i will send
some references.

kind regards
bill


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