The cul-de-sac syndrome
Subtitle: turning around the unsustainable American dream
By: John Wasik.
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781576603208
Subjects: Home ownership -- United States; Housing development -- United States; Sustainable development -- United States
Description: "The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome explores why homeownership has become a fractured dream and presents ways to revive it. Combining analysis with insights into cultural and economic myths, the book provides an incisive look at the consequences of unsustainable lifestyle, exposing its economic, cultural, and market-related roots and the larger effects on the community, economy, and environment"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: False economics : American dreamers in the Sunshine State; title: Origins of a dream; title: How debt addiction fed a housing crisis; title: Cul-de-sac nation : symptoms of a syndrome; title: The spurbing of national health; title: Toward sustainable dreams; title: Building smarter; title: The near death of a suburb; title: Reclaiming the inner city; title: Sustainability and development : bridging the gap; title: The bill comes due : which places will prosper?.