The Suburban Squeeze: Land Conversion and Regulation in the San Francisco Bay AreaThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984. |
Contents
The Bay Areas Suburban Land Squeeze | 15 |
The Adversity of Supply Restrictions | 21 |
Why Local Land Use Policies Have Changed | 28 |
Profile of Growth and Land Conversion | 34 |
Differing Responses to Growth at | 47 |
Maintaining the Good Life | 55 |
Conclusion | 66 |
The Direct Effects of Land Use Regulations | 108 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ABAG acreage approval process average Bay Area builders building permit Census centers city council city's Concord and Fremont Contra Costa County county's devel developable land dwelling units economic effects fees growth controls growth management hillside households housing costs housing market housing prices land and housing land conversion land development land supply land use controls land use policies land use regulations limit located Marin County ment metropolitan areas minimum lot multifamily Napa County Napa's Novato Novato and San O-type open space parcels percent Petaluma Planned District planners Planning Commission Planning Department Proposition 13 RDMP regional residential construction residential development residents residual value restrictive rezoning Rohnert Park Rosa's San Anselmo San Francisco Bay San Rafael Santa Clara County Santa Rosa scores on cluster sewer single-family homes Sonoma Sonoma County suburban squeeze TABLE tion tract trends units per acre Urban Land Institute vacant land Valley