Social Benefits of Urban Containment 

While urban containment can be viewed as restricting the supply of land for development thereby raising housing prices and generally undermining efficient urban development, Nelson and his colleagues have shown otherwise. Effective urban containment planning increases development densities, facilitates mixed-use development, reduces inefficient land development, increases employment, improves fiscal resilience, and reduces socioeconomic segregation.

 

Arthur C. Nelson, Thomas W. Sanchez, Casey J. Dawkins. 2007. Second, revised printing 2008. The Social Impacts of Urban Containment. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.

Arthur C. Nelson, Casey Dawkins, Thomas Sanchez and Karen Danielson. 2006. Urban Containment Effects on Housing and Neighborhood Quality in Florida. In Charles Connerly ed., Growth Management in Florida: A 20-Year Assessment. Birmingham, AL: M.E. Sharpe.

Rolf Pendall, Arthur C. Nelson, Casey J. Dawkins, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap. 2005. Connecting Smart Growth, Housing Affordability, and Racial Equity. In Xavier de Sousa Briggs, ed., The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America, pp. 219-245. Washington: Brookings Institution.

Arthur C. Nelson, Casey J. Dawkins and Thomas W. Sanchez. 2005. The Effect of Urban Containment and Mandatory Housing Elements on Racial Segregation in US Metropolitan Areas. Journal of Urban Affairs 26(3): 339-350.

 

Arthur C. Nelson, Rolf Pendall, Casey J. Dawkins and Gerrit J. Knaap. 2004. Growth Management and Affordable Housing: The Academic Evidence.

Arthur C. Nelson. 2004. Urban Containment American Style. In Christine Bae and Harry Richardson, Urban Sprawl in Europe and the United States. London: Ashton.

Arthur C. Nelson, Thomas W. Sanchez and Casey J. Dawkins. 2004. “Urban Containment and Residential Segregation: A Preliminary Investigation.” Urban Studies.41(2): 423-440.

Arthur C. Nelson and Susan M. Wachter. 2003. “Growth Management and Affordable Housing Policy.” Journal of Housing and Community Development Law. 12(2): 173-187.

Arthur C. Nelson. 2002. “Comment: Have Housing Prices Risen Faster in Portland Than Elsewhere?”  Housing Policy Debate 13(1): 33-42.

Arthur C. Nelson.  2001. "Exclusionary Housing, Urban Sprawl, and Smart Growth."  Georgia State University Law Review. 17(4): 1087-1102

Arthur C. Nelson and David R. Peterman. 2000.  "Does Growth Management Matter?" Journal of Planning Education and Research. 19(3): 277-286.

Arthur C. Nelson.  1999. "Comparing States With and Without Growth Management: Analysis Based on Indicators With Policy Implications." Land Use Policy 16: 121-127.

Arthur C. Nelson. 1999. Growth Management. In  Practice of Local Government Planning, ICMA/APA publishers, Frank S. So, editor.