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Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services

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Ladd, HF
Published in: Urban Studies
January 1, 1992

Recent policy interest in managing local population growth has drawn attention to the fiscal pressures that population growth imposes on local governments. This paper uses 1985 data for 247 large county areas to determine the separate impacts on local government spending of two dimensions of residential development patterns, the rapidity of population growth and the intensity of land use as measured by gross residential densities. Based on a regression model that controls for other determinants of per capita spending, this study provides careful estimates of the nonlinear impacts of population growth and population density on three types of local government spending: current account spending, capital outlays and spending on public safety. -from Author

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Urban Studies

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0042-0980

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

29

Issue

2

Start / End Page

273 / 295

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban & Regional Planning
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4406 Human geography
  • 3304 Urban and regional planning
  • 1604 Human Geography
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1205 Urban and Regional Planning
 

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Ladd, H. F. (1992). Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services. Urban Studies, 29(2), 273–295. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989220080321
Ladd, H. F. “Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services.” Urban Studies 29, no. 2 (January 1, 1992): 273–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989220080321.
Ladd HF. Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services. Urban Studies. 1992 Jan 1;29(2):273–95.
Ladd, H. F. “Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services.” Urban Studies, vol. 29, no. 2, Jan. 1992, pp. 273–95. Scopus, doi:10.1080/00420989220080321.
Ladd HF. Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services. Urban Studies. 1992 Jan 1;29(2):273–295.
Journal cover image

Published In

Urban Studies

DOI

ISSN

0042-0980

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

29

Issue

2

Start / End Page

273 / 295

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban & Regional Planning
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4406 Human geography
  • 3304 Urban and regional planning
  • 1604 Human Geography
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1205 Urban and Regional Planning