Sprawl costs
Subtitle: economic impacts of unchecked development
By: Robert Burchell ... [et al.].
Contributors: Burchell, Robert W.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Growth -- Economic aspects -- United States; Cities and towns -- Growth -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Suburbs -- Economic aspects -- United States; Suburbs -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Real estate development -- Economic aspects -- United States; Real estate development -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Description: "The authors document the extent of sprawl in the United States, define an alternative form of growth, and compare what the total financial costs of those two forms of development would be. The result is solid evidence of the staggering price-tag the American public is paying for sprawl development. The book details how dense development in the future would both decrease public costs for development and improve our lives."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sprawl and its definition; title: Measuring sprawl in the United States; title: Land and natural resource consequences of sprawl; title: Infrastructure consequences; title: Real estate development costs; title: Fiscal impact of development; title: Travel and congestion; title: Quality of life consequences; title: Sprawl, urban decline, and social policy; title: The benefits of sprawl; title: Developing policies in response to sprawl; title: Appendix A. States ranked by sprawl index; title: Appendix B. Counties ranked by sprawl index.