Urban sprawl, Noël Merino, book editor
Type
Label
Urban sprawl, Noël Merino, book editor
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Urban sprawl
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
858159276
Responsibility statement
Noël Merino, book editor
Series statement
Current controversies series
Table Of Contents
Ch. 1. Is urban sprawl a serious problem? Overview : urban sprawl in America / Haya El Nasser and Paul Overberg -- Urban sprawl is a problem / Kevin Klinkenberg -- Urban sprawl drains cities of wealth / Gregory A. Galluzzo -- Urban sprawl and automobile dependence are bad for public health / Simon Kuper and Pauline Harris -- Urban legends : why suburbs, not cities, are the answer / Joel Kotkin -- Urban sprawl simply reflects the preferences of Americans / Randal O'Toole -- Urban sprawl and automobile dependence are not problems to be solved / Robert Bruegmann -- Ch. 2. Does urban sprawl harm the environment? Urban sprawl needs to stop in order to preserve nature / Kaid Benfield -- Urban density is better for the environment than sprawl / David Owen, interviewed by Jared Green -- Opposition to infill development promotes sprawl and harms the environment / Josh Harkinson -- Vanishing farmland : how it's destabilizing America's food supply / Bonnie Erbé -- Stopping urban sprawl will not help the environment / Robert Bruegmann -- Urban sprawl does not consume too much agricultural land / Wendell Cox -- Ch. 3. What effect does urban sprawl have on the economy? Somewhere to live / The Economist -- Material world : how peak oil pricked the housing bubble / Jason Mark -- The next real estate boom / Patrick C. Doherty and Christopher B. Leinberger -- Job sprawl leads to poverty in the suburbs / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll -- Urban sprawl increases the costs of government-subsidized housing / Darby Minow Smith -- Downtown urban development can save cities from bankruptcy / Emily Badger -- Ch. 4. How should urban sprawl be managed? Overview : attempts at managing sprawl / T.A. Frank -- Big burdens from growth management / Randal O'Toole -- To rethink sprawl, start with offices / Louise A. Mozingo -- Government should not discourage suburban development / Wendell Cox -- Parking needs to be restricted in order to limit urban sprawl / Katharine Mieszkowski -- Government should not coerce housing and transportation choices / Ronald D. Utt