Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation / Sonia A. Hirt ; cover design by Lou Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirt, Sonia, author.

Contributor:

Robinson, Lou, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--United States--Planning--History.

Land use.

City planning--United States--History.

City planning.

Land use--Planning.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Origins and implications of American land-use regulation

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York ; London, [England] : Cornell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; and-perhaps most noticeably-a greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences. Hirt shows that rather than being imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American profile. A distinct spatial culture of individualism-founded on an ideal of separate, single-family residences apart from the dirt and turmoil of industrial and agricultural production-has driven much of municipal regulation, defined land-use, and, ultimately, shaped American life. Hirt explores municipal zoning from a comparative and international perspective, drawing on archival resources and contemporary land-use laws from England, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, and Japan to challenge assumptions about American cities and the laws that guide them.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. An American Model Of Land-Use Control

1. America's Housing Trademark

2. How The System Works

3. How Others Do It

4. Roots

5. American Beginnings In A Comparative Context

6. The Formative Years Of American Zoning

Conclusion. The Promises And Paradoxes Of Residential Zoning

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hirt, Sonia. Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation.

ISBN:

9780801454707

0801454700

9780801479878

0801479878

9780801454714

0801454719

OCLC:

908049125