Urban sprawl
Subtitle: a comprehensive reference guide
By: edited by David C. Soule ; foreword by Neal Peirce.
Contributors: Soule, David C.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth; Regional planning -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Foreword: Recent emergence of sprawl as an issue in American policy debates / Neal Peirce; value: Defining and managing sprawl / David C. Soule; value: Historical framework : cities and their regions, suburbanization, and federal policies / David C. Soule; value: Legal framework : the laws of sprawl and the laws of smart growth / Jay Wickersham; value: Planning framework : a planning framework for managing sprawl / Ralph Willmer; value: Economic framework : the economics of sprawl / Zenia Kotval and John Mullin; value: Social framework : sprawl, race, and concentrated poverty - changing the "rules of the game" / David Rusk; value: Social framework : planning for a civic society - investing in social infrastructure to develop social capital / Meredith Cooper; value: Political framework : the politics of sprawl / David C. Soule; value: Real estate markets and property law / David C. Soule; value: Transportation systems : market choices and fair prices - five years of twin cities research / Curtis Johnson; value: Atlanta metropatterns : a regional agenda for community and stability / Myron Orfield; value: Shared freedom : a dynamic standard for equity in the sprawl debate / John Moynihan; value: The impact of sprawl on the environment and human health / Sarah Gardner; value: The cost of sprawl / David C. Soule; value: Measuring change : databases, build out analysis, scenario planning, and models / David C. Soule; value: Taking democracy to scale : tools for planning at the speed of change / Ron Thomas; value: Sprawl and local government taxation regimes : cause and effect / Ari Breuning, James Hlawek, and David C. Soule; value: Immigration : friend or foe / Alexander von Hoffman and David C. Soule; value: Governing complexity : the emergence of regional compacts / Douglas Henton, John Melville, and John Parr; value: The local arena : changing regulations and standards to address sprawl / Terry Szold; value: Greenspace and natural resource preservation / Robert Yaro; value: Regional equity and smart growth : opportunities for advancing social and economic justice in America / Angela Glover Blackwell and Radhika K. Fox; value: Conclusion; value: Appendix 1: Database resources; value: Appendix 2: Web sites for sprawl research; value: Appendix 3: Contact information for smart growth alliances; value: Appendix 4: Ahawanee principles for resource-efficient communities.