num_pages: 228
description: Once There Were Greenfields describes the environmental, economic, and social impacts of sprawl development. It also proposes guiding principles for a new kind of "smart growth."
language: English
title: Once There Were Greenfields: How Urban Sprawl is Undermining America's Environment, Economy, and Social Fabric
titlecomplete: Once There Were Greenfields: How Urban Sprawl is Undermining America's Environment, Economy, and Social Fabric
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Natural Resource Defense