David C. Soule / Neal Peirce

Remaking American Communities

A Reference Guide to Urban Sprawl
Herausgeber: Soule, David C

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Produktbeschreibung

David C. Soule is the associate director at the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. He is the principal advisor to the Regional Futures Institute of the National Association of Regional Councils and a member of the board of directors and former officer of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 181mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1039g
• ISBN-13: 9780803260153
• ISBN-10: 0803260156
• Artikelnr.: 22802597

Autorenporträt

David C. Soule is the associate director at the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. He is the principal advisor to the Regional Futures Institute of the National Association of Regional Councils and a member of the board of directors and former officer of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Recent Emergence of Sprawl as an Issue in American Policy Debates
- Neal Peirce
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Sprawl in Context
1. Defining and Managing Sprawl - David C. Soule
2. Historical Framework: Citites and Their Regions, Suburbanization, and
Federal Policies - David C. Soule
3. Legal Framework: The Laws of Sprawl and the Laws of Smart Growth - Jay
Wickersham
4. Planning Framework: A Planning Framework for Managing Sprawl - Ralph
Willmer
5. Economic Framework: The Economics of Sprawl - Zenia Kotval and John
Mullin
6. Social Framework: Sprawl, Race, and Concentrated Poverty--Changing the
"Rules of the Game" - David Rusk
7. Social Framework: Planning for a Civic Society--Investing in Social
Infrastructure to Develop Social Capital - Meredith Cooper
8. Political Framework: The politics of Sprawl - David C. Soule
Part II. Sprawl Dynamics
9. Real Estate Markets and Property Law - David C. Soule
10. Transportation Systems: Market Choices and Fair Prices--Five Years of
Twin Cities Research - Curtis Johnson
11. Atlanta Metropatterns: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability -
Myron Orfield
Part III. What's Wrong with Sprawl?
12. Shared Freedom: A Dynamic Standard for Equity in the Sprawl Debate -
John Moynihan
13. The Impact of Sprawl on the Environment and Human Health - Sarah
Gardner
14. The Cost of Sprawl - David C. Soule
Part IV. Measuring and Analyzing Sprawl
15. Measuring Change: Databases, Build-Out Analysis, Scenario Planning, and
Models - David C. Soule
16. Taking Democracy to Scale: Tools for Planning at the Speed of Change -
Ron Thomas
Part V. Cross-Cutting Issues
17. Sprawl and Local Government Taxation Regimes: Cause and Effect - Ari
Bruening, James Hlawek, and David C. Soule
18. Immigration: Friend or Foe - Alexander von Hoffman and David C. Soule
Part VI. Policy Prescriptions
19. Governing Complexity: The Emergence of Regional Compacts - Douglas
Henton, John Melville, and John Parr
20. The Local Arena: Changing Regulations and Standards to Address Sprawl -
Terry Szold
21. Greenspace and Natural Resource Preservation - Robert Yaro
22. Regional Equity and Smart Growth: Opportunities for Advancing Social
and Economic Justice in America - Angela Glover Blackwell and Radhika K.
Fox
Conclusion
Appendix I: Database Resources
Appendix II: Web Sites for Sprawl Research
Appendix III: Contact Information for Smart-Growth Alliances
Appendix IV: Ahwahnee Principles for Resource-Efficient Communities
Glossary
Comprehensive Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors