Description: This best-selling book describes how zoning has been overused by local communities to block new housing development in ways that exacerbate sprawl and social inequity. Named one of the best urban planning books of the decade by Planetizen, Zoning Rules! lays out the history, motivation, structure, and impact of municipal zoning in the United States and offers more effective approaches for developers and public officials to consider when instituting new regulations.
Review Quotes: "Fischel's highly readable review of how zoning became such a powerful governor of urban development and his identification of the effects of its ordinances provides the information base for dealing with one of urban America's most important problems. For me personally, it has been a déjà vu moment."--Claude Gruen, Principal, Gruen Gruen + Associates "Journal of Regional Science, Volume 56, Number 5, 2016"