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Suburban sprawl : culture, theory, and politics / edited by Matthew J. Lindstrom and Hugh Bartling.
Fine Arts Library HT352.U5 S83 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburbs--United States.
- Suburbs.
- Cities and towns--Growth--Environmental aspects.
- Cities and towns--Growth.
- United States.
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Growth.
- Cities and towns--Growth--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Regional planning--United States.
- Regional planning.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary analysis of suburban sprawl development and smart growth alternatives within the contexts of culture, ecology, and politics. It offers a mix of theoretical inquiry, historical analysis, policy critique, and case studies. In addition, each chapter is coupled with featured interviews with leading activists and policymakers working on sprawl issues. Visit our website for sample chapters!
- Contents:
- Part I Culture and Society: Contested Visions and Values 1
- 1 Sprawl and Its Discontents: The Rural Dimension / Lydia Savage, Mark Lapping 5
- A Conversation / Bill Carpenter 19
- 2 Waiting at the Gate: The New, Postmodern Promised Lands / Michele Byers 23
- A Conversation / Mike Watkins 45
- 3 Urban Impostures: How Two Neighborhoods Reframed Suburban Sprawl as a New Urbanist Paradise without Changing a Thing / Wende Vyborney Feller 49
- A Conversation / Don Chen, Elizabeth Humphrey 65
- 4 Lawns as Artifacts: The Evolution of Social and Environmental Implications of Suburban Residential Land Use / Robert Messia 69
- A Conversation / Parris Glendening 85
- Part II Contesting Theories of Sprawl: Race, Class, and Culture 89
- 5 New Urbanism: Visionary Landscapes in the Twenty-First Century / Amanda Rees 93
- A Conversation / Alex Morton 115
- 6 Racial Critique of Public Housing Redevelopment Strategies / Milton Curry 119
- A Conversation / Mel Martinez 133
- 7 Race and Suburban Sprawl: Regionalism and Structural Racism / Ronald Hayduk 137
- A Conversation / Geoffrey Anderson 173
- 8 The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back: Preservation of an Urban Mountain Landscape / Josh Protas 177
- A Conversation / Richard Moe 205
- Part III Development, Equity, and Policy Options: Theory and Cases 209
- 9 Smart Growth and the Law / Patricia E. Salkin 213
- A Conversation / Earl Blumenauer 235
- 10 Stemming Sprawl: The Fiscal Approach / H. William Batt 239
- A Conversation / Greg LeRoy 255
- 11 Suburban Sprawl in Southeastern Wisconsin: Planning, Politics, and the Lack of Affordable Housing / Mark Edward Braun 257
- A Conversation / Ted Mondale 273
- 12 From Sprawl to Smart Growth: The Case of Atlanta / Ulf Zimmermann, Goktug Morcol, Bethany Stich 275.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742525805
- 0742525813
- OCLC:
- 51266116
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