Municipal policies accelerated urban sprawl and public debts in Spain

摘要: Urban form and resource consumption co-evolve dynamically with public finances. While in compact urban settlements service is provided more efficiently, larger amounts per surface area, sprawled developments often translate into marginal infrastructure investments, higher rates of resources capita: land, raw materials, transport fuels. Yet the relationship between municipal tax policies, rapid land debts poorly understood. In this paper we first scrutinize sprawl deficits Spain, contextualize development European situation. We then investigate statistically how economic drivers policies influence sprawling patterns, debt location values, demonstrating that local interventions jointly all three variables value taxes can reduce both debts. The linkages decisions global markets deserve further scrutiny.