The Limitless City: A Primer on the Urban Sprawl DebateIsland Press, 2002 - 328 pages One of the great debates of our time concerns the predominant form of land use in America today -- the all too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development known as sprawl. But what do we really know about sprawl? Do we know what it is? Where did it come from? Is it really so bad? If so, what are the alternatives? Can anything be done to make it better? The Limitless City offers an accessible examination of those and related questions. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines current debates about the issue. The book: offers a comprehensive definition of sprawl in America traces the roots of sprawl and considers the factors that led to its preeminence as an urban and suburban form reviews both its negative impacts (loss of open space, increased pollution, gridlock) as well as its positive aspects (economic development, personal freedom, privacy) considers responses to sprawl including "smart growth," urban growth boundaries, regional planning, and the New Urbanism looks at what can be done to improve and counterbalance sprawl The author argues that whether we like it or not, sprawl is here to stay, and only by understanding where it came from and why it developed will we be able to successfully address the problems it has created and is likely to create in the future. The Limitless City is the first book to provide a realistic look at sprawl, with a frank recognition of its status as the predominant urban form in America, now and into the near future. Rather than railing against it, Gillham charts its probable future course while describing critical efforts that can be undertaken to improve the future of sprawl and our existing urban core areas. |
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... Expansion Suburbanization and Cities 41 The Origins of Sprawl in Summary 45 Chapter 3 : Reactions and Countertrends 47 Protesting the Highways Cleaning up the Environment 48 52 54 57 61 The Importance of History Resurgent Older Cities ...
... Expansion Suburbanization and Cities 41 The Origins of Sprawl in Summary 45 Chapter 3 : Reactions and Countertrends 47 Protesting the Highways Cleaning up the Environment 48 52 54 57 61 The Importance of History Resurgent Older Cities ...
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... Expansion and Annexation 211 Recurrent Regionalism 212 Case Studies in Regionalism 215 Regionalism in Summary 234 PART IV : THE FUTURE AND CONCLUDING THOUGHTS 237 Chapter 15 : Thinking About the Future 239 The Prospects for Change 239 ...
... Expansion and Annexation 211 Recurrent Regionalism 212 Case Studies in Regionalism 215 Regionalism in Summary 234 PART IV : THE FUTURE AND CONCLUDING THOUGHTS 237 Chapter 15 : Thinking About the Future 239 The Prospects for Change 239 ...
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Table des matières
UNDERSTANDING SPRAWL | 1 |
The Origins of Sprawl 25 | 25 |
Reactions and Countertrends | 47 |
THE SPRAWL DEBATE | 67 |
Land and Habitat | 83 |
Transportation and Energy | 93 |
Pollution and Public Health | 113 |
Economics and Social Equity | 123 |
Preserving Open Space | 161 |
Changing Development Patterns | 179 |
Viable Public Transportation | 201 |
Regionalism | 211 |
THE FUTURE AND CONCLUDING THOUGHTS | 237 |
Conclusion | 251 |
Notes | 259 |
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