1st Edition

Land Use and Urban Form The Consumption Theory of Land Rent

By Grant Ian Thrall Copyright 1987
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987. The Consumption Theory of Land Rent or CTLR is a comprehensive model of the urban landscape developed by Grant Ian Thrall. Working from the basic idea that the same underlying processes account for the spatial structure of all places, Thrall shows how CTLR can be used as a tool to explain and predict the long-term consequences of policy decisions by governments, such... Read more

List of Figures;  List of Tables;  Preface;  Part One: Foundations of the Consumption Theory of Land Rent (CTLR);  1. Introduction  2. Foundations  3. Further Specification of the CTLR Model  4. Income;  Part Two: Transportation Systems;  5. Transportation Cost  6. Transportation Effort  7. Transportation Nodes;  Part Three: Government Revenue;  8. Tax Expenditure Overview  9. Income Tax, Interest Rates, and Mortgage Interest Deductions  10. Sales Tax  11. Property Tax;  Part Four: Government Services;  12. Planning  13. Public Goods and Externalities;  Part Five: Multilevel Decision-Making;  14. Housing  15. Postscript;  Glossary;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Grant Ian Thrall is President Emeritus, American Real Estate Society.

He is also Founding Chair Emeritus, Business Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers.