Perverse subsidies are often hidden, unintentional, unnoticed. Yet they play a critical role in promoting sprawl. By definition perverse subsidies have negative effects on the economy, environment or society. We could also talk about perverse policy, which has the same negative effects.
There are many, many, many instances of perverse subsidies and wonky policies. In the book I give a lot of examples, and explain exactly how they promote sprawl. They can be found in taxes, development charges (