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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nivola, Pietro S.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ©1999.
Series:Brookings metro series.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.17497001
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Big and turbulent
  • 3. The not-so-invisible hand
  • 4. So what?
  • 5. Shopworn solutions
  • 6. Eight suggestions
  • 7. Summing up.