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Author : Owen D. Gutfreund
Release : 2023
Genre : Cities and towns
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 462/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Twentieth-century Sprawl by : Owen D. Gutfreund
Download or read book Twentieth-century Sprawl written by Owen D. Gutfreund. This book was released on 2023. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of how urban sprawl changed the face of the cities & towns in America.
Author : Owen D. Gutfreund
Release : 2004-05-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 634/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Twentieth-Century Sprawl by : Owen D. Gutfreund
Download or read book Twentieth-Century Sprawl written by Owen D. Gutfreund. This book was released on 2004-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Owen Gutfreund offers a fascinating look at how highways have dramatically transformed American communities nationwide, aiding growth and development in unsettled areas and undermining existing urban centers. Gutfreund uses a "follow the money" approach, showing how government policies subsidized suburban development and fueled a chronic nationwide dependence on cars and roadbuilding, with little regard for expense, efficiency, ecological damage, or social equity. The consequence was a combination of unstoppable suburban sprawl, along with ballooning municipal debt burdens, deteriorating center cities, and profound changes in American society and culture. Gutfreund tells the story via case studies of three communities--Denver, Colorado; Middlebury, Vermont; and Smyrna, Tennessee. Different as these places are, they all show the ways that government-sponsored highway development radically transformed America's cities and towns. Based on original research and vividly written, Twentieth-Century Sprawl brings to light the benefits and consequences of the spread of American highways and makes a major contribution to our understanding of issues that still plague our cities and suburbs today.
Author : Owen D. Gutfreund
Release : 2004
Genre : Automobile industry and trade
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis 20th Century Sprawl by : Owen D. Gutfreund
Download or read book 20th Century Sprawl written by Owen D. Gutfreund. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William T. Bogart
Release : 2006-09-25
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 71X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Don't Call It Sprawl by : William T. Bogart
Download or read book Don't Call It Sprawl written by William T. Bogart. This book was released on 2006-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Don't Call It Sprawl, the current policy debate over urban sprawl is put into a broader analytical and historical context. The book informs people about the causes and implications of the changing metropolitan structure rather than trying to persuade them to adopt a panacea to all perceived problems. Bogart explains modern economic ideas about the structure of metropolitan areas to people interested in understanding and influencing the pattern of growth in their city. Much of the debate about sprawl has been driven by a fundamental lack of understanding of the structure, functioning, and evolution of modern metropolitan areas. The book analyzes ways in which suburbs and cities (trading places) trade goods and services with each other. This approach helps us better understand commuting decisions, housing location, business location, and the impact of public policy in such areas as downtown redevelopment and public school reform.
Author : Robert Bruegmann
Release : 2006-11
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 911/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sprawl by : Robert Bruegmann
Download or read book Sprawl written by Robert Bruegmann. This book was released on 2006-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive history of the expanded city, Robert Bruegmann argues that urban sprawl is a positive and logical consequence of economic development and social mobility.
