This report reviews the cost of urban sprawl and shows the fiscal impact of
smart growth. The report then focuses on the West Campus University Neighborhood
Overlay (UNO) District in Austin, Texas, and it analyzes and estimates the fiscal impact on the City of Austin. Through fiscal impact analysis, it examines the contribution of the UNO District to the fiscal position of the City of Austin. As a
result, this report gives the City of Austin fiscal reasons for redevelopment based on
the smart growth scenario. This report begins with showing the cost of urban sprawl. Then, it reviews the history,principles, and policies of smart growth. The following section demonstrates the fiscal impact of smart growth. Lastly, the case of the West Campus area is examined by
fiscal impact analysis. The result after the analysis shows the fiscal impacts on the City of Austin from both
sides of budget, including expenditures and revenues. The revenues received from the residents of the area increased due to the sudden jump in property value, growth
population, housing constructions, and mixed-use development. However, the costs also increased due to the needs for public services. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22193 |
| Date | 14 November 2013 |
| Creators | Cho, Kyusuk |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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