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The limitless city : a primer on the urban sprawl debate / Oliver Gillham ; aerial photographs by Alex S. MacLean.
Fine Arts Library HT384.U5 G55 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillham, Oliver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Land subdivision.
- United States.
- Growth.
- Metropolitan areas--United States.
- Metropolitan areas.
- Suburbs--United States.
- Suburbs.
- Land subdivision--United States.
- Regional planning--United States.
- Regional planning.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- The Limitless City is an accessible examination of the predominant form of land use in the United States today -- the all-too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development known as sprawl. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines current debates about the issue. The author argues that whether we like it or not, sprawl is here to stay, and only by understanding where it came from and why it developed will we be able to successfully address the problems it has created and is likely to create in the future.
- Contents:
- Part I Understanding Sprawl 1
- Chapter 1 What Is Sprawl? 3
- Characteristics and Indicators of Sprawl 3
- Definition of Sprawl 8
- What Makes Sprawl? 8
- The Limitless City 17
- Sprawl in Summary 22
- Chapter 2 The Origins of Sprawl 25
- Industrial Cities 25
- Reform 26
- The First Modern Suburbs 27
- Automobiles and Roads 31
- Post-War Suburban Expansion 36
- Suburbanization and Cities 41
- The Origins of Sprawl in Summary 45
- Chapter 3 Reactions and Countertrends 47
- Protesting the Highways 48
- Cleaning up the Environment 52
- The Importance of History 54
- Resurgent Older Cities 57
- Analyzing the Trends 61
- Mounting Protest and Reaction 63
- Reactions and Countertrends in Summary 65
- Part II The Sprawl Debate 67
- Chapter 4 Outlining the Debate 69
- In Defense of Sprawl 69
- Why Is There Any Debate? 71
- The Charges Against Sprawl 75
- Pro-Development 78
- Untangling the Sprawl Brawl 79
- Chapter 5 Land and Habitat 83
- Vanishing Landscape? 83
- Natural Habitat 89
- Land and Habitat in Summary 91
- Chapter 6 Transportation and Energy 93
- Traffic 93
- Energy Consumption 105
- Transportation and Energy in Summary 111
- Chapter 7 Pollution and Public Health 113
- Air Quality 113
- Water Quality 115
- Public Health 118
- Pollution and Public Health Summary 121
- Chapter 8 Economics and Social Equity 123
- The Economics of Sprawl 123
- Social Divides and Cities 132
- Economics and Social Equity in Summary 142
- Chapter 9 Aesthetics and Community 143
- Sprawl and Aesthetics 143
- Community 148
- Aesthetics and Community in Summary 151
- Part III Searching for Alternatives 153
- Chapter 10 Growth Management and Smart Growth 155
- Growth Management 155
- What is "Smart Growth"? 156
- Smart Growth Measures 158
- Growth Management and Smart Growth In Summary 160
- Chapter 11 Preserving Open Space 161
- The Importance of Open Space 161
- Open-Space Conservation Programs 164
- Growth Boundaries 172
- The Downside of Open-Space Conservation 175
- Preserving Open Space in Summary 176
- Chapter 12 Changing Development Patterns 179
- Compact, Mixed-Use Developments 179
- Revitalizing Older Downtowns and Inner-Ring Suburbs 186
- The Density Issue 197
- Changing Development Patterns in Summary 199
- Chapter 13 Viable Public Transportation 201
- The Importance of Public Transportation 201
- Local Public Transportation Initiatives 201
- Metropolitan Transit Initiatives 202
- Innovative Transit Technology 207
- Barriers to Transit 208
- The Land-Use Connection 209
- Viable Public Transportation in Summary 210
- Chapter 14 Regionalism 211
- Expansion and Annexation 211
- Recurrent Regionalism 212
- Case Studies in Regionalism 215
- Regionalism in Summary 234
- Part IV The Future and Concluding Thoughts 237
- Chapter 15 Thinking About the Future 239
- The Prospects for Change 239
- Technology and Cyberspace 239
- A Picture of the Future 246
- Thinking About the Future in Summary 250
- The Suburban Pattern 251
- A Willing Nation 251
- Suburban Malaise 251
- A Paradigm of Democracy 252
- A Misuse of Resources 252
- Increasing Pollution 252
- Pushing for Transit 253
- A Widening Gulf 253
- Losing Open Space 254
- Changing Growth Priorities 254
- The Sprawl We Already Have 255
- The Continuing Debate 256.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1559638338
- OCLC:
- 48468894
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