Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
About the Author and Contributors ix
Foreword to the Rowman & Littlefield Edition David N. Schleicher xi
Foreword to the First Edition Ranald H. Coase xv
Introduction xvii
Part I Zoning and Nonzoning 1
Chapter 1 Zoning: Politics and Planning 3
Chapter 2 Nonzoning: Economies and Consumers 23
Chapter 3 Are Restrictive Covenants "Virtually identical to Zoning Ordinances"? 77
Part II The Effects of Zoning 85
Chapter 4 The Effects of Zoning on Housing 87
Chapter 5 Zoning Curtails Development 123
Chapter 6 Zoning Reduces Competition 135
Chapter 7 Publishers, Pop Architecture, and Minorities 141
Part III Differing Solutions to Land Use Problems 147
Chapter 8 The Current Zoning Scene 149
Chapter 9 Federal and State Zoning Solutions 161
Chapter 10 Current Efforts against "Exclusionary" Zoning 173
Chapter 11 The Last Forty Acres under Zoning and Nonzoning 191
Part IV The Courts 201
Chapter 12 The Supreme Court and Zoning 203
Chapter 13 The Recent Cases: A Tale of Two States (and Perhaps Others) 209
Chapter 14 Zoning, an Anomaly to the Rights of Property 221
Part V Toward Zero Zoning 229
Chapter 15 Eliminating the Zoning Ordinance 231
Chapter 16 Conclusion 247
Afterword to the Rowman & Little-field Edition: Houston after Siegan M. Nolan Gray 249
Notes 255
Bibliography 271
Index 275