Urban sprawl : a reference handbook / Donald C. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Donald C., 1962-

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--United States--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Land use.

History.

United States.

Growth.

City planning--United States--History.

City planning.

Land use--United States--History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, [2000]

Summary:

Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century.

24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.

Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.

Contents:

I. Background to the Current Crisis: Land Resources and Public Policy in America 1

Historic Evolution of Urban Land Use in America 2

The Contemporary Phenomenon of Urban Sprawl: Costs and Consequences 11

II. Making Better Use of the Land: The Debate over Controlling Urban Sprawl 16

Containing Sprawl through Local Zoning 17

Statewide Prescriptions for Sprawl 19

Saving Rural Lands from Urban Sprawl 22

Fighting Sprawl by Reclaiming Central Cities 26

Improving Life in the Suburbs 29

III. Recent Trends in the Debate over Sprawl 31

The Smart Growth Movement 31

The Property Rights Challenge 33

New Federal Initiatives 34

The Facts: What Trends Are Shaping Sprawl? 67

Public Opinion Polls on Urban Sprawl 71

"Straight Talk from Americans: 2000" National Survey 71

1999 Consumer Survey on Growth Issues 73

Quotations: Debating Urban Sprawl 74

What Is the Best Way to Deal with Urban Sprawl? 87

Charter of the Metropolitan Government of Portland, Oregon, 1993 88

Statewide Planning Program, State of Oregon, 1973 106

Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiatives, State of Maryland, 1997 116

Vice President Al Gore's Livable Communities Speech, Delivered at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 2 September 1998 122

Clinton-Gore Livability Agenda: Building Livable Communities for the Twenty-First Century 134

Testimony for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Hearing on Open Space, by Gary Garczynski, President, National Association of Home Builders, 17 March 1999 137

National Advocacy Organizations 145

State and Regional Advocacy Organizations 168

Federal Government Agencies 172

State Agencies 176.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1576072258

OCLC:

44926847