TY  - JOUR
ID  - publications18712
UR  - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/29892
IS  - n° 2
A1  - Grout, Cyrus
A1  - Cavailhès, Jean
A1  - Détang-Dessendre, Cécile
A1  - Thomas, Alban
N2  - This paper addresses the question of a causal link between climate and urban sprawl by focusing on the role local climate plays in determining household behavior regarding housing decisions. We consider the hypothesis that under warmer climates, households exhibit “sprawling behavior”: they locate in larger plots, farther away from city centers. This hypothesis is tested empirically on household data by controlling for sample selection in simultaneous equations for housing size and distance to city center. We find evidence that such sprawling behavior is related to climate, suggesting that global warming and urban sprawl reinforce each other.
VL  - vol. 92
TI  - Is sprawling residential behavior influenced by climate?
AV  - public
EP  - 219
Y1  - 2016/05//
PB  - University of Wisconsin
JF  - Land Economics
KW  - Climate change
KW  - urban sprawl
KW  - housing decisions
SN  - 0023-7639
SP  - 203
ER  -