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I'm curious to here more about how this policy works. I would be skeptical that the claim that a land-scarce island should be wary of overdevelopment-- I would
by bufordsharkley 10y ago
I'm curious to here more about how this policy works.
I would be skeptical that the claim that a land-scarce island should be wary of overdevelopment-- I would think sprawl would be more dangerous (and density would be welcomed).
In practice, strict zoning tends to create sprawl-- when density is outlawed, the displaced people need to live somewhere... and thus the footprint of cities grows wider and wider.
- jhanschoo 10y agoSorry for the late response. The city in question is Singapore. The homeless population is extremely tiny in Singapore, but the homeless choose to live in public spaces and parks near urban centers due to the proximity of services. When I say zoning, very little space is zoned as low-density in Singapore. Where there are buildings, they are almost high-density. However, the government owns a large proportion of the land, and this preserves and protects common pool resources like parks from being developed on.