Smarter Growth
Subtitle: Market-Based Strategies for Land-Use Planning in the 21st Century (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
Contributors: Randall G. Holcombe (Editor); Samuel R. Staley (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: August 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780313315954
Subjects: Central government policies; Economics; Local government policies; Management of land & natural resources; 21st century; Business & Economics; Nature; Business/Economics; USA; Natural Resources; Public Policy - General; Sociology - Urban; Political Science / Public Policy; Marketing - General; Congresses; Economic aspects; Environmental aspects; Land use; Planning; United States
First sentence: The United States saw major changes in land-use patterns in the last half of the twentieth century, largely as a result of rising incomes, widespread automobile ownership, and the more decentralized living patterns that automobile ownership allows.