Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences, and Policy ResponsesGregory D. Squires Urban Sprawl is not simply a development that undercuts the quality of life for suburbanites. It has raised alarms across the nation, as fair housing advocates, environmentalists, land use planners, and even many suburban employers who cannot find the workers they need, have recognized that the costs go far beyond aesthetics. Despite the agreement that something needs to be done, there is no consensus on what works. Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses assembles leading scholars who analyze the major causes and consequences of urban sprawl and the policy initiatives that are being explored in response to these developments. |
Contents
The Environmental Impacts of Sprawl | 23 |
Sprawl Concentration of Poverty and Urban Inequality | 39 |
Sprawl Fragmentation and the Persistence of Racial | 73 |
Transportation Land Use and the Impacts of Sprawl | 119 |
Washington | 141 |
The City without | 165 |
The Promise | 207 |
Politics and Regionalism | 237 |
Less Sprawl Greater Equity? The Potential for Revenue | 255 |
Using Incentives | 293 |
Equity and the Future Politics of Growth | 325 |
About the Editor | 351 |
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