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Measuring the Containment and Spillover Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries: The Case of the P ortland Metropolitan Area
Author(s) -
Kim Jae Hong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12028
Subject(s) - spillover effect , metropolitan area , containment (computer programming) , disequilibrium , economic geography , geography , economic growth , development economics , business , economics , medicine , archaeology , computer science , microeconomics , ophthalmology , programming language
Although urban growth boundaries ( UGB s) are increasingly used as a containment policy to promote contiguous and compact urban forms, little is known about how UGB s affect development within the designated area or how development is displaced to other cities. This study analyzes the UGB's containment and spillover effects, focusing on the case of the Portland metropolitan area where UGB s have long been implemented. This is accomplished by employing a spatial market disequilibrium framework in which explicit consideration is given to the containment and spillover processes when under the influences of UGB s. The findings suggest that UGB s can promote development within the boundaries, but that cooperation with neighboring municipalities is necessary to effectively attain the policy goals.