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Author / Creator:	Bruegmann, Robert.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Cities and towns -- Growth. Land use. Urban policy. City planning. Metropolitan areas. Cities and towns -- Growth. City planning. Land use. Metropolitan areas. Urban policy. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11186775

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ISBN:	9780226076973 0226076970 9780226076904 0226076903 0226076903 0226076911 9780226076911 1281959278 9781281959270 9786611959272 6611959270
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to capture the complexity of these vast regions with their superhighways, subdivisions, industrial areas, office parks, and resort areas pushing far out into the countryside. Detractors call it sprawl and assert that it is economically inefficient, socially inequitable, environmentally irresponsible, and aesthetically ugly. Robert Bruegmann calls it a logical consequence of economic growth and the democ.
Other form:	Print version: Bruegmann, Robert. Sprawl. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005 0226076903 9780226076904

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