Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl : The Case for Market Urbanism

This book shows how suburban sprawl is at least partially a consequence of government spending and regulation, and suggests anti-sprawl policies that can make government smaller and/or less intrusive. Thus, the book responds to the widely held view that automobile-dependent suburban development (als...

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Main Author Lewyn, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Urban geography.
Sociology, Urban.
Human geography.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781349951499
DOI10.1057/978-1-349-95149-9
Physical DescriptionXV, 174 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What Is Sprawl And Why Should We Care About It?
  • Sprawl as Where We Grow: Or, How Government Spreads Suburbia
  • Sprawl as Where We Grow, Part 2: How Government Prices Americans Out of Cities
  • Sprawl As How We Grow, Or, How Government Makes Suburbia Sprawling
  • The Criminalization of Walking
  • Policy Conclusions: Or, A Short Guide to Market Urbanism.

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