Overzoning
Overzoning is when land is zoned (i.e. allocated and planned) for too high an intensity of use, leading to problems such as development of the land being infeasible (due to high land prices or expectations of owners) or inappropriately distributed.
The concept apparently first arose in Los Angeles in the mid-1920s, only a few years after citywide zoning was established. A related line of thinking, we think, has been articulated more recently by Chuck Marohn, founder of the StrongTowns movement, in his arguments for "incrementalist" development that allows
There are probably other discussions about same concepts, but this is a start, please tell of of related.
1926 issue in Los Angeles
Charles Marohn / StrongTowns - incremental development
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/30/podcast-a-conversation-about-market-urbanism
References
- Marohn, Chuck. “Podcast: A Conversation About Market Urbanism.” (interview with Scott Beyer). Strong Towns, 30 August 2017.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/30/podcast-a-conversation-about-market-urbanism.
- Weiss, Marc A. The Rise of the Community Builders: The American Real Estate Industry and Urban Land Planning. 2002. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXjddnZYyLYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q=overzoning&f=false.