1998 - USA - The Full Social Costs of Alternative Land Use Patterns: Theory, Data, Methods and Recommendations

Regional transportation and land use planners’ get to general goals without much difficulty. Where they have problems is in the plan evaluation stage. They lack a framework for thinking about the impacts of policies.Without an acquaintance with the fundamental concepts and methodological issues associated with a full-cost framework, planners and policymakers will be unable to take the first steps towards a more comprehensive evaluation of alternative urban forms, and the policies and investments that cause them to occur.