Includes a comprehensive analysis of the strongest state policies that promote historic preservation along with 100 photos illustrating those policies. The chapter on state tax incentives for historic preservation includes a chart listing tax incentives available in each state. The original Bible of Sprawl is back in print and is must reading for preservation advocates. Sprawl is not inevitable. That is the central message of this 120-page citizen s guide, now in its second printing.
Communities have choices.
If they don t want sprawl, they can take steps to prevent it. The guide discusses economic, social and environmental problems caused by sprawl and then explains how citizens can combat it. Case studies on successful battles against superstore sprawl are included, as are helpful publications and organizations. Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl , by Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie . Changing Places also challenges Americans to abandon the frontier mentality of boundless growth because current patterns of urbanization are unsustainable and cost too much.