Fiscal Impact of Sprawl  on Households in Southeast Michigan
 
 By Hui-Chun Huang
 
Urban and Regional Planning and 
Landscape Architecture
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Land Use Change in Southeast Michigan from 1985 to 1995

Low-Density Residential Land Uses Change

Multi-Family Land Uses Change

Business and Institutional Land Uses Change

Industrial Land Uses Change
 

Literature Review:

The Cause of Sprawl

Characteristics of Sprawl

Fiscal Impact of Sprawl Studies:

Fiscal Impact on Taxpayers

Fiscal Impact on Municipalities or School Districts

Literature Gap
 
 
 

Research Questions and Methods:
 

The Role of GIS:

Bi-Variate Thematic Mapping:

MCD Tax per Household Change vs. Low-Density Residential Land Uses Change

MCD Tax Rate Change vs. Low-Density Residential Land Uses Change

School Tax per Household Change vs. Low-Density Residential  Land Uses Change

School Tax Rate Change vs. Low-Density Residential Land Uses Change

Total Tax per Household vs. Low-Density Residential Land Uses Change

Total Tax Rate vs. Low-Density Residential Land Uses Change

Spatial Intervening Factors Diagnosis:

Infrastructure vs. Low-Density Residential Land Uses 

 Infrastructure vs. Business and Institutional Land Uses 

Infrastructure vs. Multi-Family and Industrial Land Uses