Urban green belts in the twenty-first century
By: by Marco Amati.
Series: Urban planning and environment
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780754649595
Subjects: Greenbelts -- History -- 21st century; City planning -- History -- 21st century
Description: The green belt is among one of the oldest and most renowned policies for controlling sprawl. This work examines how contemporary debates, such as sustainability, intersect with the green belt and how green belts are one of the most widely employed and understood planning policies for controlling urban growth globally.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.