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Arbitrary lines : how zoning broke the American city and how to fix it / M. Nolan Gray.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection HT169.7 .G73 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, M. Nolan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoning law--United States.
- Zoning law.
- Zoning--United States.
- Zoning.
- Sustainable urban development.
- Discrimination in housing--United States.
- Discrimination in housing.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Island Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. : Chapter 1. Where zoning comes from
- Chapter 2. How zoning works
- Part II. : Chapter 3. Planning an affordability crisis
- Chapter 4. The wealth we lost
- Chapter 5. Apartheid by another name
- Chapter 6. Sprawl by design
- Part III. : Chapter 7. Toward a less bad zoning
- Chapter 8. The case for abolishing zoning
- Chapter 9. The great unzoned city
- Chapter 10. Planning after zoning
- Conclusion
- Appendix: What zoning isn't.
- Machine generated contents note: Part I
- ch. 1 Where Zoning Comes From
- Land Use before Zoning
- What Changed?
- 1916
- The Federal Push
- ch. 2 How Zoning Works
- How Zoning Is Born
- Decoding the City
- Everything in Its Right Place
- Don't Be Dense
- How Zoning Changes
- Patching Up Zoning?
- Part II
- ch. 3 Planning an Affordability Crisis
- Zoned Out
- Mandating Mansions
- Housing Delayed Is Housing Denied
- Why Did This Happen?
- ch. 4 The Wealth We Lost
- How Cities Make Us Rich
- Zoning for Stagnation
- How Much Poorer Are We?
- ch. 5 Apartheid by Another Name
- Zoning for Segregation
- All Are Welcome, If You Can Afford It
- The Bitter Fruits of Segregation
- ch. 6 Sprawl by Design
- Zoning for Sprawl
- Assume a Car
- Fleeing Sustainability
- Part III
- ch. 7 Toward a Less Bad Zoning
- The Low-Hanging Fruit of Local Reform
- Taming Local Control
- Is There a Role for the Federal Government?
- Turning Japanese
- ch. 8 The Case for Abolishing Zoning
- Why Reform Isn't Enough
- Steelmanning Zoning
- Meanwhile, Back in the Real World
- ch. 9 The Great Unzoned City
- The Compromise That Saved Houston
- How Cities Organize Themselves
- Land-Use Regulation after Zoning
- How to Abolish Zoning in Two Easy Steps
- ch. 10 Planning after Zoning
- It's the Externalities, Stupid!
- Desegregating the Post-Zoning City
- Reviving the Plan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1642832545
- 9781642832549
- OCLC:
- 1285917246
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