David E Dowall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3675286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David E Dowall |
| GIVEN NAMES | David E |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowall |
| SIGNATURE | DOWALL D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Urban Land and Housing Markets in the Punjab, Pakistan
Well-functioning urban land and housing markets are critical success factors for achieving robust economic growth. This paper provides an overview of urban land and housing market performance in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It describes the characteristics of well-functioning markets and argues that the Punjab’s present markets are not performing adequately. In fact, there exists a range of impediments to efficient urban land and housing market p…
Improving California's Infrastructure Services
The article outlines a four step framework for improving infrastructure planning, programming and investment decision-making. It grew out of discussions held between the Governor of California's Office staff and State Assembly and State Senate members in 2008. The purpose of the paper is twofold: first to define an overarching policy framework on performance-based infrastructure; and second to outline how California might launch a series of integ…
Consequences of the Plano Piloto
Much has been written about what is perhaps the largest and most important city built entirely in the 20th century. By some, Brasília is seen as the epitome of modernism's failure and, by others, simply an example of an overregulated city unable to cope with rapid urbanisation and population growth. This paper argues that Brasília is not a typical case. The spatial structure of the metropolitan region of Brasília is completely different from comp…
Rethinking Statewide Infrastructure Policies
Over the next 10 years, California faces a daunting infrastructure challenge. According to the California State Treasurer’s Office, the state needs to invest $82 billion to repair and maintain current structures and build new ones. Projected state and local revenue sources will meet only about 50% of this need. Unfortunately, California’s infrastructure planning and financing process seems to be broken as well. According to the Legislative Analys…
The Price of Land for Housing in Trinidad
Institutional and regulatory environments have a profound impact on land markets and prices. This paper argues that affordability of land and housing ownership in less developed countries is largely affected by cumbersome land transfer processes and an uncertain building permit approval process. It examines the impact of these constraints on land markets and affordability in Trinidad. By using Dowall's land market assessment methodology, the pape…
An Overview of Private-Sector Financing of Urban Infrastructure Services
Although most private-sector financing activity takes place in developed countries, attention is quickly shifting to less developed countries, where enormous infrastructure deficiencies, rapid urbanization, and limited public-sector resources are forcing governments to consider alternatives to the traditional public provision of infrastructure services. This article provides an overview of the principal methods used by central and local governmen…
Urban Residential Redevelopment in the People's Republic of China
This paper reports on an evaluation of urban redevelopment policies and practices in the People's Republic of China. In most Chinese cities, redevelopment regulations require the on-site replacement of demolished housing, the provision of additional community facilities, and the payment of numerous fees, taxes and charges. These regulations greatly impair the feasibility of most urban redevelopment projects, and result in a very low level of rede…
Establishing Urban Land Markets in the People's Republic of China
While the world's attention focuses on the monumental reforms underway in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China has been systematically restructuring its socialist economy, gradually introducing market mechanisms to improve the allocative efficiency of its institutions. This article examines reforms in urban land management. It reviews and assesses current land management practices, describes urban land market…
The benefits of minimal land development regulation
A Second Look at the Bangkok Land and Housing Market
An earlier paper by the present author, published in this journal in 1989, reported on a detailed analysis of the Bangkok land and housing market, carried out in 1987-88. Based on a recent reassessment, this paper compares the performance of Bangkok's land and housing markets in 1974-84 and 1988-90. The results of the comparative analysis are striking: despite rapid increases in land conversion pressure and price increases, Bangkok's housing deve…
American development control
Comparing Karachi's informal and formal housing delivery systems
The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta
In spite of its potential value to governments, detailed information as to how land prices vary spatially within Third World cities is usually lacking. This paper discusses the distribution of land prices in Jakarta using information provided on a neighbourhood basis by experienced real estate brokers. Appraised prices were given for different types of residential plot distinguished by tenure and infrastructural provision. Analysis of the data in…
Land policy in the United States
Bangkok
This paper reports on a study of the Bangkok land and housing market. The study is based on extensive surveys of projects, developers, households, and the interpretation of aerial photographic information. The results of the study indicate that Bangkok's land and housing markets are operating very efficiently, with the formal private sector providing 27 per cent of the total housing stock increase between 1974 and 1984. The region's supply of dev…
The land and housing market assessment
Back offices and San Francisco's office development growth cap
Economics
Metropolitan and Fiscal Policy
These essays have emerged from a panel discussion presented at the 1984 meetings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and convened to honor Harry Perloff's work and times. They seek to identify the successes and failures of US Urban Policy, and propose policy instruments which aim to foster progress in this area of public management. The essays raise issues which are pertinent to Urban Studies forthcoming special issue on US Urba…
The Suburban Squeeze
An Examination of Population‐growth‐managing Communities
This paper examines the fiscal, social, economic and environmental characteristics of 228 cities and counties. Using cluster analysis, 210 communities were classified into eleven types of communities. The empirical typings appear to support the proposition that communities control population growth to avoid adverse fiscal and environmental impacts and maintain the social and economic character of the community
The Effect of Land Use and Environmental Regulations on Housing Costs
This paper examines the effects of various land use and environmental regulations on land and housing markets. Seven widely used techniques for controlling residential development appear to generate four “direct” and two “indirect” inflationary impacts. Land use and environmental controls directly affect the supply and cost of residential land, shift the cost of public services forward to developers, and increase delay and compliance costs associ…
Trade-off Surveys in Planning
We report on two innovations in survey methodology for land-use planning: The use of trade-off choices and the application of cluster analysis to the data. Cluster analysis is used to reduce the attitudinal items to significant dimensions. Cluster-score patterns can then provide empirical typologies of residents according to meaningful data-based distinctions. These subgroups of citizens can be found in homogeneous or heterogeneous subregions wit…
Urban Residential Redevelopment in the People's Republic of China
This paper reports on an evaluation of urban redevelopment policies and practices in the People's Republic of China. In most Chinese cities, redevelopment regulations require the on-site replacement of demolished housing, the provision of additional community facilities, and the payment of numerous fees, taxes and charges. These regulations greatly impair the feasibility of most urban redevelopment projects, and result in a very low level of rede…
The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta
In spite of its potential value to governments, detailed information as to how land prices vary spatially within Third World cities is usually lacking. This paper discusses the distribution of land prices in Jakarta using information provided on a neighbourhood basis by experienced real estate brokers. Appraised prices were given for different types of residential plot distinguished by tenure and infrastructural provision. Analysis of the data in…
Bangkok
This paper reports on a study of the Bangkok land and housing market. The study is based on extensive surveys of projects, developers, households, and the interpretation of aerial photographic information. The results of the study indicate that Bangkok's land and housing markets are operating very efficiently, with the formal private sector providing 27 per cent of the total housing stock increase between 1974 and 1984. The region's supply of dev…
An Examination of Population‐growth‐managing Communities
This paper examines the fiscal, social, economic and environmental characteristics of 228 cities and counties. Using cluster analysis, 210 communities were classified into eleven types of communities. The empirical typings appear to support the proposition that communities control population growth to avoid adverse fiscal and environmental impacts and maintain the social and economic character of the community
A Second Look at the Bangkok Land and Housing Market
An earlier paper by the present author, published in this journal in 1989, reported on a detailed analysis of the Bangkok land and housing market, carried out in 1987-88. Based on a recent reassessment, this paper compares the performance of Bangkok's land and housing markets in 1974-84 and 1988-90. The results of the comparative analysis are striking: despite rapid increases in land conversion pressure and price increases, Bangkok's housing deve…
Urban Land and Housing Markets in the Punjab, Pakistan
Well-functioning urban land and housing markets are critical success factors for achieving robust economic growth. This paper provides an overview of urban land and housing market performance in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It describes the characteristics of well-functioning markets and argues that the Punjab’s present markets are not performing adequately. In fact, there exists a range of impediments to efficient urban land and housing market p…
The Effect of Land Use and Environmental Regulations on Housing Costs
This paper examines the effects of various land use and environmental regulations on land and housing markets. Seven widely used techniques for controlling residential development appear to generate four “direct” and two “indirect” inflationary impacts. Land use and environmental controls directly affect the supply and cost of residential land, shift the cost of public services forward to developers, and increase delay and compliance costs associ…
Consequences of the Plano Piloto
Much has been written about what is perhaps the largest and most important city built entirely in the 20th century. By some, Brasília is seen as the epitome of modernism's failure and, by others, simply an example of an overregulated city unable to cope with rapid urbanisation and population growth. This paper argues that Brasília is not a typical case. The spatial structure of the metropolitan region of Brasília is completely different from comp…
Comparing Karachi's informal and formal housing delivery systems
Land policy in the United States
The land and housing market assessment
Improving California's Infrastructure Services
The article outlines a four step framework for improving infrastructure planning, programming and investment decision-making. It grew out of discussions held between the Governor of California's Office staff and State Assembly and State Senate members in 2008. The purpose of the paper is twofold: first to define an overarching policy framework on performance-based infrastructure; and second to outline how California might launch a series of integ…
Rethinking Statewide Infrastructure Policies
Over the next 10 years, California faces a daunting infrastructure challenge. According to the California State Treasurer’s Office, the state needs to invest $82 billion to repair and maintain current structures and build new ones. Projected state and local revenue sources will meet only about 50% of this need. Unfortunately, California’s infrastructure planning and financing process seems to be broken as well. According to the Legislative Analys…
The Price of Land for Housing in Trinidad
Institutional and regulatory environments have a profound impact on land markets and prices. This paper argues that affordability of land and housing ownership in less developed countries is largely affected by cumbersome land transfer processes and an uncertain building permit approval process. It examines the impact of these constraints on land markets and affordability in Trinidad. By using Dowall's land market assessment methodology, the pape…
The benefits of minimal land development regulation
Back offices and San Francisco's office development growth cap
Trade-off Surveys in Planning
We report on two innovations in survey methodology for land-use planning: The use of trade-off choices and the application of cluster analysis to the data. Cluster analysis is used to reduce the attitudinal items to significant dimensions. Cluster-score patterns can then provide empirical typologies of residents according to meaningful data-based distinctions. These subgroups of citizens can be found in homogeneous or heterogeneous subregions wit…
The Effect of Land Use and Environmental Regulations on Housing Costs
This paper examines the effects of various land use and environmental regulations on land and housing markets. Seven widely used techniques for controlling residential development appear to generate four “direct” and two “indirect” inflationary impacts. Land use and environmental controls directly affect the supply and cost of residential land, shift the cost of public services forward to developers, and increase delay and compliance costs associ…
An Examination of Population‐growth‐managing Communities
This paper examines the fiscal, social, economic and environmental characteristics of 228 cities and counties. Using cluster analysis, 210 communities were classified into eleven types of communities. The empirical typings appear to support the proposition that communities control population growth to avoid adverse fiscal and environmental impacts and maintain the social and economic character of the community
The Suburban Squeeze
Metropolitan and Fiscal Policy
These essays have emerged from a panel discussion presented at the 1984 meetings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and convened to honor Harry Perloff's work and times. They seek to identify the successes and failures of US Urban Policy, and propose policy instruments which aim to foster progress in this area of public management. The essays raise issues which are pertinent to Urban Studies forthcoming special issue on US Urba…
Back offices and San Francisco's office development growth cap
Economics
The land and housing market assessment
Land policy in the United States
Bangkok
This paper reports on a study of the Bangkok land and housing market. The study is based on extensive surveys of projects, developers, households, and the interpretation of aerial photographic information. The results of the study indicate that Bangkok's land and housing markets are operating very efficiently, with the formal private sector providing 27 per cent of the total housing stock increase between 1974 and 1984. The region's supply of dev…
American development control
Comparing Karachi's informal and formal housing delivery systems
The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta
In spite of its potential value to governments, detailed information as to how land prices vary spatially within Third World cities is usually lacking. This paper discusses the distribution of land prices in Jakarta using information provided on a neighbourhood basis by experienced real estate brokers. Appraised prices were given for different types of residential plot distinguished by tenure and infrastructural provision. Analysis of the data in…
The benefits of minimal land development regulation
A Second Look at the Bangkok Land and Housing Market
An earlier paper by the present author, published in this journal in 1989, reported on a detailed analysis of the Bangkok land and housing market, carried out in 1987-88. Based on a recent reassessment, this paper compares the performance of Bangkok's land and housing markets in 1974-84 and 1988-90. The results of the comparative analysis are striking: despite rapid increases in land conversion pressure and price increases, Bangkok's housing deve…
Establishing Urban Land Markets in the People's Republic of China
While the world's attention focuses on the monumental reforms underway in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China has been systematically restructuring its socialist economy, gradually introducing market mechanisms to improve the allocative efficiency of its institutions. This article examines reforms in urban land management. It reviews and assesses current land management practices, describes urban land market…
Urban Residential Redevelopment in the People's Republic of China
This paper reports on an evaluation of urban redevelopment policies and practices in the People's Republic of China. In most Chinese cities, redevelopment regulations require the on-site replacement of demolished housing, the provision of additional community facilities, and the payment of numerous fees, taxes and charges. These regulations greatly impair the feasibility of most urban redevelopment projects, and result in a very low level of rede…
An Overview of Private-Sector Financing of Urban Infrastructure Services
Although most private-sector financing activity takes place in developed countries, attention is quickly shifting to less developed countries, where enormous infrastructure deficiencies, rapid urbanization, and limited public-sector resources are forcing governments to consider alternatives to the traditional public provision of infrastructure services. This article provides an overview of the principal methods used by central and local governmen…
The Price of Land for Housing in Trinidad
Institutional and regulatory environments have a profound impact on land markets and prices. This paper argues that affordability of land and housing ownership in less developed countries is largely affected by cumbersome land transfer processes and an uncertain building permit approval process. It examines the impact of these constraints on land markets and affordability in Trinidad. By using Dowall's land market assessment methodology, the pape…
Rethinking Statewide Infrastructure Policies
Over the next 10 years, California faces a daunting infrastructure challenge. According to the California State Treasurer’s Office, the state needs to invest $82 billion to repair and maintain current structures and build new ones. Projected state and local revenue sources will meet only about 50% of this need. Unfortunately, California’s infrastructure planning and financing process seems to be broken as well. According to the Legislative Analys…
Consequences of the Plano Piloto
Much has been written about what is perhaps the largest and most important city built entirely in the 20th century. By some, Brasília is seen as the epitome of modernism's failure and, by others, simply an example of an overregulated city unable to cope with rapid urbanisation and population growth. This paper argues that Brasília is not a typical case. The spatial structure of the metropolitan region of Brasília is completely different from comp…
Improving California's Infrastructure Services
The article outlines a four step framework for improving infrastructure planning, programming and investment decision-making. It grew out of discussions held between the Governor of California's Office staff and State Assembly and State Senate members in 2008. The purpose of the paper is twofold: first to define an overarching policy framework on performance-based infrastructure; and second to outline how California might launch a series of integ…
Urban Land and Housing Markets in the Punjab, Pakistan
Well-functioning urban land and housing markets are critical success factors for achieving robust economic growth. This paper provides an overview of urban land and housing market performance in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It describes the characteristics of well-functioning markets and argues that the Punjab’s present markets are not performing adequately. In fact, there exists a range of impediments to efficient urban land and housing market p…
Business (17 works) · Economics (17 works) · Geography (14 works) · Housing Market and Economics (12 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Finance (8 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Finance (6 works)