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Paperback. Condition: New. This accessibly written textbook provides a clear and systematic introduction to the fundamental principles of town planning, applied within the context of the common-law land market. Using an innovative structure of key propositions, sections cover basic definitions and concepts of urban planning, physical planning principles and applications, development control, and policy issues relating to human settlement and property values. Informed by foundational concepts of property rights and cadastral boundaries, the book also covers sustainable urban development and renewal.Key Features:Each chapter includes concise propositions on planning principles, chapter summaries and discussion questions to facilitate learning.A clear account of fundamental town planning concepts and their applications in terms of property rights, land markets, and basic urban development.With a strong focus on practice rather than theory, the book is underpinned by Ronald Coase's neo-institutional economic concepts on the allocation of resources in town planning.This is an invaluable textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of town planning, urban development and surveying. It will also be beneficial for the professional development of practitioners and town planners who want to expand their knowledge of the key concepts in the field.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This accessibly written textbook provides a clear and systematic introduction to the fundamental principles of town planning, applied within the context of the common-law land market. Using an innovative structure of key propositions, sections cover basic definitions and concepts of urban planning, physical planning principles and applications, development control, and policy issues relating to human settlement and property values. Informed by foundational concepts of property rights and cadastral boundaries, the book also covers sustainable urban development and renewal.Key Features:Each chapter includes concise propositions on planning principles, chapter summaries and discussion questions to facilitate learning.A clear account of fundamental town planning concepts and their applications in terms of property rights, land markets, and basic urban development.With a strong focus on practice rather than theory, the book is underpinned by Ronald Coases neo-institutional economic concepts on the allocation of resources in town planning.This is an invaluable textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of town planning, urban development and surveying. It will also be beneficial for the professional development of practitioners and town planners who want to expand their knowledge of the key concepts in the field. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, xxvii + 280 pages, NOT ex-library. Copyright info (one line of text on the reverse of the title page) highlighted in yellow, else clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Mild external handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This book is the first work dedicated to the key ideas of Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase on pollution and public goods with sustainable development in mind from the perspective of an economist-town planner. The seminal contributions of Ronald Coase, foretold in the form of the Coase Theorem by another Nobel laureate, George Stigler, have been much analyzed and often misinterpreted by friends and foes alike. In this book, Lawrence Lai attempts to revisit Coase's seminal works and bring to the fore their importance in economic and urban planning policy analysis. Coase's comparative institutional approach offers an important vehicle for the analysis of pressing social issues such as sustainable development, and all those interested in the creation of new platforms for performing policy analysis will welcome this important work. -- Contents: Foreword / Professor Chris Webster; Foreword / Dr Samuel R. Staley; Pt. I Intellectual and Policy Context: 1. Coase: A Friend or an Enemy of Planning? 2. Coase and Coasian Research on Zoning; Pt. II Coase and Market Failure: 3.'The Problem of Social Cost', the 'Coase Theorem' and Externalities 4.'The Lighthouse in Economics' and Public Goods 5. Coase Theorem and Sustainable Development; Pt. III Coase Theorem Applied and Planning by Contract: 6. The Application of the Coase Theorem to Planning Research 7. Planning by Contract: A Coasian Model for Sustainable Development; Pt. IV Concluding Thoughts: 8. Conclusion: A Coasian Approach to Planning and Sustainable Development by Communicative Planning; Postscript / Professor Frank T. Lorne; Notes; Bibliography; Subject & Author Index -- This is a bold and original reinterpretation of Nobel laureate Ronald Coase's economic philosophy, viewed through the applied lens of urban planning, land development, and sustainable policy. It stands as the first comprehensive work to integrate Coase's foundational insights - especially the Coase Theorem, transaction costs, and his critiques of Pigovian intervention - into a practical model for planning regulation in the 21st century. Lai, both a scholar and seasoned planner, presents a meticulous and empirically grounded case for reimagining spatial planning as a system of negotiated contracts rather than rigid bureaucratic control. The book opens by confronting common misinterpretations of Coase, often framed as an enemy of planning. Lai instead shows how Coase - and fellow libertarians such as Hayek, Popper, and Friedman - endorsed environmental regulation when rooted in a clear understanding of externalities and institutional context. The second section clarifies the Coase Theorem and its misapplication, offering visual models and real-world planning conflicts to demonstrate how efficient outcomes can emerge under well-defined property rights. Part III applies this to contemporary planning dilemmas, from zoning to sustainability, advocating for "planning by contract" - a hybrid model where public goals are realised through voluntary negotiation and innovation rather than coercive mandates. Importantly, Lai's work anticipates and addresses current research in environmental economics and institutional theory. His model resonates with Elinor Ostrom's work on commons governance and aligns with calls in urban studies for more adaptive, stakeholder-driven policy mechanisms. In an era of climate change, housing crises, and complex infrastructure needs, Lai's Coasian approach offers a scalable, economically coherent framework for managing competing land uses and achieving long-term social gains.…

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