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Article: Determining optimal building height

TitleDetermining optimal building height
Authors
Chau, KWWong, SKYau, YYeung, AKC
Issue Date2007
PublisherSage Publications Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/
Citation
Urban Studies, 2007, v. 44 n. 3, p. 591-608 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420980601131902
AbstractThe paper examines how building height is determined in the absence of building height regulatory restrictions. A model is developed for determining optimal height using simple neo-classical economic analysis; this is then tested using empirical data from Hong Kong. The results show that the observed building heights are consistent with the optimal height predicted by the model. In addition, it was also found that the point of optimality varied positively with the quality of the external environment. An important practical implication is that town planners and policy-makers can make use of the model as a benchmarking tool to assess and quantify the effect of imposing or relaxing height restrictions.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81752
ISSN
0042-0980
2023 Impact Factor: 4.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.806
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000245074600009
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dc.contributor.authorYau, Yen_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe paper examines how building height is determined in the absence of building height regulatory restrictions. A model is developed for determining optimal height using simple neo-classical economic analysis; this is then tested using empirical data from Hong Kong. The results show that the observed building heights are consistent with the optimal height predicted by the model. In addition, it was also found that the point of optimality varied positively with the quality of the external environment. An important practical implication is that town planners and policy-makers can make use of the model as a benchmarking tool to assess and quantify the effect of imposing or relaxing height restrictions.en_HK
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