Laws of the landscape : how policies shape cities in Europe and America /

Annotation For decades, concerns have been raised about the consequences of relentless suburban expansion in the United States. But so far, government programs to control urban sprawl have had little effect in slowing it down, much less stopping it. In this book, Pietro S. Nivola raises important qu...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Nivola, Pietro S.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ©1999.
Collection:Brookings metro series.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.17497001
Table des matières:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Big and turbulent
  • 3. The not-so-invisible hand
  • 4. So what?
  • 5. Shopworn solutions
  • 6. Eight suggestions
  • 7. Summing up.