The Structure, Size and Costs of Urban Settlements

This 1973 book contains the results of research carried out at the National Institute on the economics of urban form.

P. A. Stone (Author)

9780521154482, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 August 2010

304 pages
22.9 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg

This 1973 book contains the results of a research project carried out at the National Institute between 1966 and 1969 on the economics of urban form. The effects of size, shape and form on costs of construction are examined for various model settlements. The populations of these models, and hence the facilities requires, are built up from a study of actual towns, existing and planned. Transport systems are examined, as well as the extra costs and advantages of expanding an existing settlement rather than developing on a virgin site. The financing of development and efficient use of resources is also touched upon. Finally, the discussion is placed in a nationwide context by consideration of the possible effects of development on existing towns and cities, whose viability could be endangered by a cumulative decline in their population and economic activity.

List of tables
List of charts
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Factors affecting settlement planning
3. The structure of settlements
4. Land use and densities
5. Settlement models
6. Population and facilities
7. Traffic in the settlements
8. Main roads and their capital costs
9. The capital costs of constructing a settlement
10. The costs of travelling to work
11. The costs of public transport: buses and railways
12. Factors affecting development costs
13. Costs-in-use of settlements and their transport systems
14. New and expanded settlements
15. Financing development
16. Phasing and adaptability of settlements
17. Urban form, operating costs and values
18. The economics of growing and declining settlements
19. Conclusions
Appendices
List of works cited
Index.

Subject Areas: Labour economics [KCF]