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Other authors / contributors: | Wiewel, Wim, editor.
Persky, Joseph J., editor.
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ISBN: | 9781317459194 1317459199 9781315700557 1315700557 9781317459200 1317459202 9781317459187 1317459180 9780765609670 9780765609687 0765609673 9780765609670 0765609681 9780765609687
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 10, 2015).
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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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Other form: | 9780765609670 9780765609687
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