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Dr. Pangloss Finds His Profession: Sustainabiity Transport, and Land Use Planning in Britain

Centre for Spatial and Real Estate Economics, University of Reading, UK A.W.Evans{at}reading.ac.uk

In this paper, I look at the use of land use planning to promote global sustainability by reducing the use of fossil fuels in transport. The first theme of the paper is that land use planning is an inefficient instrument for this purpose and may actually increase the use of fuel. The second theme relates to land use planning in Britain, where sustainability has been seized upon as a justification for existing policies of urban containment. I argue that some of these policies, in particular the designation of greenbelts, actually increase car use and the length of journeys.

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