num_pages: 171
description: In many US cities, urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues, leading to the creation and adoption of a variety of approaches to control growth. However, many growth management ideas do not align well with the growth-promoting traditions of the US, which historically have been dominated by the concerns of the market, the landowner and the developer. Illustrated by a study of the San Francisco bay area, this book puts forward an innovative theoretical approach to growth management, analysing it as a tool for controlling land use expansion in the US. This region makes a particularly useful study as it has encountered long term growth pressures, complex land use demands and the application of a wide variety of growth management approaches over the past few decades.
language: English
title: Growth Management in the Us: Between Theory and Practice
titlecomplete: Growth Management in the Us: Between Theory and Practice (Urban Planning and Environment)
publisher: Ashgate Pub Co