Suburban Sprawl : Culture, Theory, and Politics

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Suburban Sprawl : Culture, Theory, and Politics

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 312 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780742525801
  • DDC分類 307.760973

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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.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part 1Visions and Values Chapter 3 Sprawl and Its Discontents: The Rural Dimension Part 4 A Conversation with Bill Carpenter Chapter 5 Waiting at the Gate: The New, Postmodern Promised Lands Part 6 A Conversation with Mike Watkins Chapter 7 Urban Impostures: How Two Neighborhoods Reframed Suburban Sprawl as a New Urbanist Paradise without Changing a Thing Part 8 A Conversation with Don Chen and Elizabeth Humphrey Chapter 9 Lawns as Artifacts: The Evolution of Social and Environmental Implications of Suburban Residential Land Use Part 10 A Conversation with Parris Glendening Part 11 Part II: Contesting Theories of Sprawl: Race, Class and Culture Chapter 12 New Urbanism: Visionary Landscapesin the Twenty-First Century Part 13 A Conversation with Alex Morton Chapter 14 A Racial Critique of Public Housing Redevelopment Strategies Part 15 A Conversation with Mel Martinez Chapter 16 Race and Suburban Sprawl: Regionalism and Structural Racism Part 17 A Conversation with Geoffrey Anderson Chapter 18 The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back: Preservation of an Urban Mountain Landscape Part 19 A Conversation with Richard Moe Part 20 Part III: Development, Equity, and Policy Options: Theory and Cases Chapter 21 Smarth Growth and the Law Part 22 A Conversation with Earl Blumenauer Chapter 23 Stemming Sprawl: The Fiscal Approach Part 24 A Conversation with Greg LeRoy Chapter 25 Surburan Sprawl in Southeastern Wisconsin: Planning, Politics, and the Lack of Affordable Housing Part 26 A Conversation with Ted Mondale Chapter 27 From Sprawl to Smart Growth: The Case of Atlanta Chapter 28 Index