ISBN:
0865475571
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 289 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
21 cm
Edition:
1. ed., 4. printing
DDC:
307.76/0973
Keywords:
Urbanization
;
Suburbs
;
Community development, Urban
;
Urban renewal
;
Urban policy
;
Suburbaner Raum
;
USA
;
Vorstadt
;
Stadtplanung
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction ix -- What Is Sprawl, and Why? 3 -- z The Devil Is in the Details 21 -- 3 The House That Sprawl Built 39 -- 4 The Physical Creation of Society 59 -- 5 The American Transportation Mess 85 -- 6 Sprawl and the Developer 99 -- 7 TheVictims of Sprawl 115 -- 8 The Cityand the Region i35 -- 9 'he Inner City 153 -- lo Howto Make a Town 83 -- ii What Is to Be Done 215 -- Appendix A: The Traditional Neighborhood -- Development Checklist 245 -- Appendix B: The Congress for the New Urbanism 253 -- Acknowledgments 263 -- Notes 267 -- Bibliography 269 -- Sources of Illustrations 277 -- Index 279
Description / Table of Contents:
What is sprawl, and why? -- The devil is in the details -- The house that sprawl built -- The physical creation of society -- The American transportation mess -- Sprawl and the developer -- The victims of sprawl -- The city and the region -- The inner city -- How to make a town -- What is to be done -- Appendix A:The traditional neighborhood development checklist -- Appendix B:The congress for the new urbanism.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 269 - 276
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