Graduation Semester and Year
2012
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of City and Regional Planning
Department
Urban and Public Affairs
First Advisor
Andrew Whittemore
Abstract
The recent housing crash has done great damage to the American economy and has affected millions of households. Pre-crash, New Urbanist Communities became more popular to build, yet sprawl development remains the norm. I seek to find out why New Urbanist Communities are being built at their current rates in Dallas-Fort Worth, so to discover whether or not a market failure has occurred regarding this real estate product. This study analyzes supply-side factors affecting the development New Urbanist Communities (i.e. the factors affecting the developers in the Metroplex) through interviews with individuals representing each residential development company. The factors affecting the abilities of developers to build New Urbanist Communities could range from their perception of demand, to anti New Urbanist municipal zoning rules, to the ease of developing low-density subdivisions. The area of this study will not exceed Dallas-Fort Worth's limits. The suggested implications of this study are that certain factors are causing a market failure regarding New Urbanist communities.
Disciplines
Public Affairs | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Luke, "Developers' Perceptions Of Opportunities & Obstacles To Building New Urbanist Communities In DFW" (2012). Public Affairs Theses. 52.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/publicaffairs_theses/52
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington