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Road to ruin : an introduction to sprawl and how to cure it / Dom Nozzi ; foreword by Victor Dover.
Fine Arts Library HT384.U5 N68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nozzi, Dom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- United States.
- Growth.
- City planning--United States.
- City planning.
- Land use--United States.
- Land use.
- Urban transportation--United States.
- Urban transportation.
- Quality of life--United States.
- Quality of life.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 Dire Straits 1
- 2 We Have Met the Enemy ... and It is We Motorists 13
- 3 Fighting the Wrong Battles 35
- 4 Misguided Solutions: The Tendency to Foul Our Own Nest 49
- 5 Putting the Brakes on Sprawl 63
- 6 Properly Designing Streets 77
- 7 Ending Our Love Affair with the Car 89
- 8 Getting Back on Our Feet 99
- 9 Designing for People 105
- 10 Toward Better Development Regulations 125.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-173) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275981290
- OCLC:
- 51984998
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