Local Growth, Development and Transportation
Local Growth, Development and Transportation
The program on growth issues applies the latest research in land use and environmental economics, along with public finance and basic economic theory, to the growth issues facing Colorado today. We start with the assumption that market-based forces should be relied on wherever possible, but recognize that certain conditions cause markets to break down. Quality of life is best protected and enhanced when citizens and policymakers recognize where markets will work well and where they will not.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES:
- The Decision to Contract Out: Understanding the Full Economic and Social Impacts, March 2014
- Creative thinking needed to boost city's economy, September 2007
COSTS AND BENEFITS OF GROWTH:
- Paying for schools: Does smart growth matter?, Sept 2004
- Loss of tree infrastructure a result of city water policies, July 2004
- Managing growth is not about pointing fingers, January 2004
- Myths of Economic Growth, November 18, 2003
- Does Growth Pay for Itself through Increased Revenues or Decreased Costs Per Person? Colorado Springs 1980-2000, September 2003
- Accounting for Growth: Do the Numbers we Have Determine the Questions we Ask?, 2001
- Changes are Due so Growth Can Pay for Itself, 2002
- Past Studies Help us Solve Growth's Woes, 2002
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION:
- A Framework for Analyzing the Benefits of High-Speed Rail to Colorado Springs, a paper by Matt Bone, UCCS Department of Economics, Spring 2018.
- Growth and Housing Prices: Six Myths
- Housing Prices, Growth, and Transportation: A Dynamic Analysis
FUTURE GENERATIONS/HUMAN CAPITAL:
SUSTAINABILITY AND WATER ISSUES:
- Sustainability Indicator Concepts: FAQ's
- Sustainability Indicators Forum, 2001
- "Natural Capitalism", Growth Theory and the Sustainability Debate
- Price incentives reduce need for water projects
- Running on Empty? El Paso County Growth and the Denver Basin
- Local Economic Development in the 21st Century: Quality and Sustainability, (Greenwood and Holt, 2010)