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Midat Sodom And The Housing Affordability Crisis, Michael Lewyn
Midat Sodom And The Housing Affordability Crisis, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Planetizen Blog Posts- First Half Of 2019, Michael Lewyn
Planetizen Blog Posts- First Half Of 2019, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
The Neighborhood Veto And Its Discontents, Michael Lewyn
The Neighborhood Veto And Its Discontents, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Powerpoint- Setback Speech, Michael Lewyn
Powerpoint- Setback Speech, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2015 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2015 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Does The Threat Of Gentrification Justify Restrictive Zoning?, Michael Lewyn
Does The Threat Of Gentrification Justify Restrictive Zoning?, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Planetizen Blog Posts September-December 2017, Michael Lewyn
Planetizen Blog Posts September-December 2017, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2017 Market Urbanism Report Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2017 Market Urbanism Report Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
The Roots Of Expensive Zoning, Michael Lewyn
The Roots Of Expensive Zoning, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2016 Market Urbanism Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2016 Market Urbanism Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Smart Growth-Oriented Density And Parking Regulations, Michael Lewyn
Smart Growth-Oriented Density And Parking Regulations, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Many articles have been written about pro-sprawl land use regulation, such as minimum parking requirements. This speech, by contrast, focuses on the frequency of land use regulation designed to increase walkability- in particular, minimum density requirements and maximum parking requirements. I conclude that the first type of regulation is quite rare and usually very lenient. The second type of regulation is more frequent; however, the impact of maximum parking requirements is not yet clear.
Against The Neighborhood Veto, Michael Lewyn
Against The Neighborhood Veto, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
American zoning often gives neighborhoods elective veto power over nearby real estate development. This “neighborhood veto” sometimes artificially reduces housing supply and urban density, thus making housing more expensive and making American cities more dependent on automobiles. This article criticizes the common arguments that neighborhood activists use to restrict development.
Internally Buffered Districts: A New Technique To Make Zoning Less Exclusionary, William Leaf, Michael Lewyn
Internally Buffered Districts: A New Technique To Make Zoning Less Exclusionary, William Leaf, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2014 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2014 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views On Smart Growth, Michael E. Lewyn
Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views On Smart Growth, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Part of panel discussion on "Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views on Smart Growth"
Sprawl In Canada And The United States, Michael Lewyn
Sprawl In Canada And The United States, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
The purpose of this Article is to ascertain whether (1) suburban sprawl is as widespread in Canadian metropolitan areas as in their American counterparts, and (2) Canadian government policies, and in particular Canadian zoning law and transportation policies, encourage sprawl. The article concludes that Canadian metropolitan areas are in fact somewhat less sprawling than most of their American counterparts, but that in Canada, as in the United States, government land use regulation and government transportation policy do favor sprawl to some extent. For example, in both nations municipal zoning regulations, by limiting density and forcing landowners to build parking lots, …
Regulated Into Automobile Dependence: How City Hall Mandates Sprawl And What Planners Can Do About It, Michael E. Lewyn
Regulated Into Automobile Dependence: How City Hall Mandates Sprawl And What Planners Can Do About It, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A brief (about 20-minute) speech explaining why government regulation promotes automobile-dependent development.
2010 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2010 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2008-09 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2008-09 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
How Government Regulation Forces Americans Into Their Cars: A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
How Government Regulation Forces Americans Into Their Cars: A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Shows how zoning law in Jacksonville contributes to automobile dependence.
How City Hall Causes Sprawl - A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
How City Hall Causes Sprawl - A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A book review addressing the city of Atlanta's pro-sprawl transportation, zoning and urban renewal policies.