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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David C Soule |
| ISBN: | 0313320381 9780313320385 |
| OCLC Number: | 60931331 |
| Description: | xxii, 570 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Ch. 1. Foreword: Recent emergence of sprawl as an issue in American policy debates / Neal Peirce -- pt. I. Sprawl in Context -- 1. Defining and managing sprawl / David C. Soule -- 2. Historical framework : cities and their regions, suburbanization, and federal policies / David C. Soule -- 3. Legal framework : the laws of sprawl and the laws of smart growth / Jay Wickersham -- 4. Planning framework : a planning framework for managing sprawl / Ralph Willmer -- 5. Economic framework : the economics of sprawl / Zenia Kotval and John Mullin -- 6. Social framework : sprawl, race, and concentrated poverty - changing the "rules of the game" / David Rusk -- 7. Social framework : planning for a civic society - investing in social infrastructure to develop social capital / Meredith Cooper -- 8. Political framework : the politics of sprawl / David C. Soule -- pt. II. Sprawl Dynamics -- 9. Real estate markets and property law / David C. Soule. 10. Transportation systems : market choices and fair prices - five years of twin cities research / Curtis Johnson -- 11. Atlanta metropatterns : a regional agenda for community and stability / Myron Orfield -- pt. III. What's wrong with Sprawl? -- 12. Shared freedom : a dynamic standard for equity in the sprawl debate / John Moynihan -- 13. The impact of sprawl on the environment and human health / Sarah Gardner -- 14. The cost of sprawl / David C. Soule -- pt. IV. Measuring and Analyzing Sprawl -- 15. Measuring change : databases, build-out analysis, scenario planning, and models / David C. Soule -- 16. Taking democracy to scale : tools for planning at the speed of change / Ron Thomas -- pt. V. Cross-cutting Issues -- 17. Sprawl and local government taxation regimes : cause and effect / Ari Breuning, James Hlawek, and David C. Soule -- 18. Immigration : friend or foe / Alexander von Hoffman and David C. Soule -- pt. VI. Policy Prescriptions -- 19. Governing complexity : the emergence of regional compacts / Douglas Henton, John Melville, and John Parr -- 20. The local arena : changing regulations and standards to address sprawl / Terry Szold. 21. Greenspace and natural resource preservation / Robert Yaro -- 22. Regional equity and smart growth : opportunities for advancing social and economic justice in America / Angela Glover Blackwell and Radhika K. Fox -- Ch. 2. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Database resources -- Appendix 2: Web sites for sprawl research -- Appendix 3: Contact information for smart-growth alliances -- Appendix 4: Ahwahnee principles for resource-efficient communities. |
| Responsibility: | edited by David C. Soule ; foreword by Neal Peirce. |
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