22. GURDARSHAN-SINGH MATHAROO
Information acquired: 2025
GURDARSHAN-SINGH MATHAROO is an academic who published a paper in 1974 entitled Urban land development system : land speculation and other built-in problems (a case for public acqu. GURDARSHAN-SINGH MATHAROO published this work as part of a team: Matharoo, Gurdarshan Singh. Here is a description of this work: Since the mid-sixties, and more particularly, since the beginning of 1972, housing prices in major urban centers across Canada have risen so sharply that it has become almost impossible for most Canadians to acquire adequate housing accommodation within their means. The rate of increase in the cost of land for housing, in comparison with other housing cost components, has been tremendously high. Why is the cost of land and housing so high in a land-rich country like Canada, and what could be done to control the rising cost of land and housing is the concern of this study. This thesis argues that the existing system, whereby, land is owned, planned, serviced, developed, and marketed, has built-in drawbacks and weaknesses that give rise to many problems which contribute to the high cost of urban land for housing..