Urban Containment Planning: Is It Effective? The Case of Portland, OR

The paper attempts to evaluate Oregon’s and Portland’s growth management policies as for their tradeoffs between effectiveness in containing urban sprawl impacts on housing markets property values. Carruthers argued that order correctly policies, it is necessary jointly consider effects development patterns, land markets, the fragmentation of use controls. Nowadays, we have sufficient empirical research both affordability patterns. Therefore, time has come comprehensively reanalyze this longstanding case public regulation. Once again, issue comparing grounded-on-planning–regulations’ with grounded-on-price regulations’ at stake. finds urban-containment centralized-planning Portland Oregon not been effective price-based mechanisms are most logical solution excess sprawling growth.