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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nivola, Pietro S.
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ©1999.
coleção:Brookings metro series.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.17497001
Sumário:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Big and turbulent
  • 3. The not-so-invisible hand
  • 4. So what?
  • 5. Shopworn solutions
  • 6. Eight suggestions
  • 7. Summing up.