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Online-Ressource (330 p.)
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9780226076904
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As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to capture the complexity of these vast regions with their superhighways, subdivisions, industrial areas, office parks, and resort areas pushing far out into the countryside. Detractors call it sprawl and assert that it is economically inefficient, socially inequitable, environmentally irresponsible, and aesthetically ugly. Robert Bruegmann calls it a logical consequence of economic growth and the democ
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CONTENTS; Introduction; Part I: Sprawl Across the Centuries; 1. Defining Sprawl; 2. Early Sprawl; 3. Sprawl in the Interwar Boom Years; 4. Sprawl in the Postwar Boom Years; 5. Sprawl since the 1970s; 6. The Causes of Sprawl; Part II: The Diagnosis: Three Campaigns Against Sprawl; 7. Early Anti-Sprawl Arguments; 8. The First Anti-Sprawl Campaign; 9. The Second Anti-Sprawl Campaign; 10. The Third Anti-Sprawl Campaign; Part III: The Prescription: Remedies for Sprawl; 11. Early Remedies; 12. Postwar Anti-Sprawl Remedies; 13. Anti-Sprawl Remedies Since the 1970s; Some Conclusions; Acknowledgements
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NotesBibliographic Essay; Index;
Additional Edition:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226076904
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sprawl : A Compact History
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English
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