RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.3368/le.92.2.203
A1 Grout, Cyrus
A1 Cavailhes, Jean
A1 Détang-Dessendre, Cécile
A1 Thomas, Alban
T1 Is sprawling residential behavior influenced by climate?
JF Land Economics
YR 2016
FD 2016-05
VO 92
IS 2
SP 203
OP 219
K1 Climate change
K1 urban sprawl
K1 housing decisions
AB 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.
PB University of Wisconsin
SN 0023-7639
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/18712/
UL http://tse-fr.eu/pub/29892