Meanings
- uncountableThe application of classical liberalism to urban policy.
"The government control of land use and zoning has caused housing to be unaffordable," says Beyer. "And I think that market urbanism is a way to reverse those trends."
2020 February 28, Zach Weissmueller, “Density or Sprawl? How To Solve the Urban Housing Crisis”, in Reason1 more example
One proposed solution is to deregulate housing and encourage denser development. This is called the “market urbanism” approach, because it relies on deregulation -- though it would also certainly require big government investments in mass transit.
2016 August 2, Noah Smith, “San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing”, in Bloomberg Opinion
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