Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Bruegmann, Robert. Title: Sprawl : a compact history / Robert Bruegmann. Publisher, Date: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005. Description: 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Summary: Stripping urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, Robert Breugemann offers a new vision of the city and its growth, leading to the conclusion that, in its complexity and constant change, the city is a wonderful work of mankind. Subjects: Cities and towns -- Growth. Land use. Urban policy. City planning. Metropolitan areas. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index. Contents: Defining Sprawl -- Early sprawl -- Sprawl in the interwar boom years -- Sprawl in the Postwar boom years -- Sprawl since the 1970s -- The causes of sprawl -- Early anti-sprawl arguments -- The first anti-sprawl campaign: Britain in the 1920s -- The second anti-sprawl campaign: The United States in the postwar years -- The third anti-sprawl campaign: since the 1970s -- Early remedies: from anti-blight to anti-sprawl -- Postwar anti-sprawl remedies -- Anti-sprawl remedies since the 1970s. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2005007591 ISBN: 0226076903 9780226076904 0226076911 9780226076911 Other Number: 58595512 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 162802 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 307.76 Bruegman Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
