Suburban sprawl : private decisions and public policy /

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Imprint:London : Routledge, 2015.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Cities and contemporary society
Cities and contemporary society.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305992
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Other authors / contributors:Wiewel, Wim, editor.
Persky, Joseph J., editor.
ISBN:9781317459194
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9781315700557
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9781317459200
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 10, 2015).
Summary:Suburban Sprawl combines historical, political, economic, geographic, and urban planning analysis to provide the most comprehensive overview of why and how urban sprawl occurs. It shows that all previous attempts to pin the blame on one or two causes - ""highway building"" or ""consumer preferences"" - totally miss the complex and interwoven character of public policy and private interests in creating today's urban form. The authors have included the detailed analyses of expenditures which show that federal housing subsidies have contributed significantly to sprawl in the post-war period, as w.
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