Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl : The Case for Market Urbanism / by Michael Lewyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewyn, Michael, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Human geography.

Urban Sociology.

Human Geography.

Local Subjects:

Urban Sociology.

Human Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

This book shows how suburban sprawl is at least partially a consequence of government spending and regulation, and suggests anti-sprawl policies that can make government smaller and/or less intrusive. Thus, the book responds to the widely held view that automobile-dependent suburban development (also known as "suburban sprawl") is a natural result of the free market and of affluence, and accordingly cannot be altered without massive government regulation. Michael Lewyn is Associate Professor at Touro Law Center in Central Islip, New York, where he teaches property, land use, environmental law and other courses. He has published over four dozen scholarly articles, and blogs regularly at planetizen.com and marketurbanism.com. .

Contents:

Introduction

What Is Sprawl And Why Should We Care About It?

Sprawl as Where We Grow: Or, How Government Spreads Suburbia

Sprawl as Where We Grow, Part 2: How Government Prices Americans Out of Cities

Sprawl As How We Grow, Or, How Government Makes Suburbia Sprawling

The Criminalization of Walking

Policy Conclusions: Or, A Short Guide to Market Urbanism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349951499

1349951498