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URBAN SPRAWL IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
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| By: |
Chang-Hee Christine Baie, Harry W. Richardson (Editor), Professor Donald Miller |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£145.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0754637891 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754637899 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 May, 2004 |
| Series: |
Urban Planning and Environment |
| Pages: |
342 |
| Description: |
Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. |
| Synopsis: |
Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize higher densities, pro-transit policies and more compact urban growth. Yet, on closer inspection, the differences are not as wide as first appears. A key feature of the book is the attention given to France; its experience is little known in the English-speaking world. The book concludes that both continents can offer each other useful insights and perhaps policy guidance. |
| Illustrations: |
Includes 27 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
| Returns: |
Returnable |