Sprawl : a compact history
by
Bruegmann, Robert.
Title
:
Sprawl : a compact history
Author
:
Bruegmann, Robert.
ISBN
:
9780226076904
9780226076911
Personal Author
:
Bruegmann, Robert.
Publication Information
:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
Physical Description
:
301 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
Defining Sprawl -- Early sprawl -- Sprawl in the interwar boom years -- Sprawl in the Postwar boom years -- Sprawl since the 1970s -- The causes of sprawl -- Early anti-sprawl arguments -- The first anti-sprawl campaign: Britain in the 1920s -- The second anti-sprawl campaign: The United States in the postwar years -- The third anti-sprawl campaign: since the 1970s -- Early remedies: from anti-blight to anti-sprawl -- Postwar anti-sprawl remedies -- Anti-sprawl remedies since the 1970s.
Abstract
:
Stripping urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, Robert Breugemann offers a new vision of the city and its growth, leading to the conclusion that, in its complexity and constant change, the city is a wonderful work of mankind.
Subject Term
:
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Land use.
Urban policy.
City planning.
Metropolitan areas.
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | Book | 0019285 | HT371.B75 2005 | Rafta |