Solving Sprawl: Models Of Smart Growth In Communities Across America

Solving Sprawl: Models Of Smart Growth In Communities Across America
ISBN-10
1559634324
ISBN-13
9781559634328
Category
Political Science
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2003-03
Publisher
Island Press
Authors
F. Kaid Benfield, Jutka Terris, Nancy Vorsanger

Description

"Solving Sprawl offers an encouraging contrast to these grim trends. Through 35 inspiring stories, the book illustrates how cities, suburbs, and rural areas have found profitable, community-oriented alternatives to sprawl. The developers, planners, and ordinary citizens featured in the book have successfully turned industrial brownfields into pedestrian-friendly shopping hubs, built affordable housing around public transit, and preserved cherished local landscapes. Solving Sprawl illustrates a wide variety of successful smart-growth strategies and reveals how these techniques allow local economies, environments, and communities to thrive."--Jacket.

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