Remaking American communities
Subtitle: a reference guide to urban sprawl
By: edited by David C. Soule ; foreword by Neal Peirce.
Contributors: Soule, David C.
Series: Our sustainable future
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803260153
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth; Regional planning -- United States
Work titles: Urban sprawl.
Notes: Originally published: Urban sprawl : a comprehensive reference guide. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Defining and managing sprawl / David C. Soule; title: Historical framework : citites and their regions, suburbanization, and federal policies / David C. Soule; title: Legal framework : the laws of sprawl and the laws of smart growth / Jay Wickersham; title: Planning framework : a planning framework for managing sprawl / Ralph Willmer; title: Economic framework : the economics of sprawl / Zenia Kotval and John Mullin; title: Social framework : sprawl, race, and concentrated poverty - changing the "rules of the game" / David Rusk; title: Social framework : planning for a civic society, investing in social infrastructure to develop social capital / Meredith Cooper; title: Political framework : the politics of sprawl / David C. Soule; title: Real estate markets and property law / David C. Soule; title: Transportation systems : market choices and fair prices - five years of Twin Cities research / Curtis Johnson; title: Atlanta metropatterns : a regional agenda for community and stability / Myron Orfield; title: Shared freedom : a dynamic standard for equity in the sprawl debate / John Moynihan; title: The impact of sprawl on the environment and human health / Sarah Gardner; title: The cost of sprawl / David C. Soule; title: Measuring change : databases, build-out analysis, scenario planning, and models / David C. Soule; title: Taking democracy to scale : tools for planning at the speed of change / Ron Thomas; title: Sprawl and local government taxation regimes : cause and effect / Ari Bruening, James Hlawek, and David C. Soule; title: Immigration : friend or foe / Alexander von Hoffman and David C. Soule; title: Governing complexity : the emergence of regional compacts / Douglas Henton, John Melville, and John Parr; title: The local arena : changing regulations and standards to address sprawl / Terry Szold; title: Greenspace and natural resource preservation / Robertá Yaro; title: Regional equity and smart growth : opportunities for advancing social and economic justice in America / Angela Glover Blackwell and Radhika K. Fox; title: Conclusion.