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This land : the battle over sprawl and the future of America
- Title
- This land : the battle over sprawl and the future of America / Anthony Flint.
- Author
- Flint, Anthony, 1962-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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- Description
- 298 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This Land tells the untold story of development in America - how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic, and cultural forces. It is the story of the burgeoning anti-sprawl movement, a 1960s-style revolution of New Urbanism, smart growth, and green building. And it is the story of landowners fighting back on the basis of property rights, with free-market libertarians, home builders, road pavers, financial institutions, and even the lawn-care industry right alongside them."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : developing America -- 1. Grids and greenfields -- 2. Suburbia's promise, and curse -- 3. New paradigm : new urbanism -- 4. The smart growth revolution -- 5. Walk daily, buy local, build green -- 6. Hands off my land -- 7. Dream defenders and Sprawl Inc. -- 8. Pitched battles -- 9. The density dilemma -- 10. Smart, and fair -- 11. Planning and disaster -- Conclusion : six healthy habits for sensible growth.
- ISBN
- 0801884195 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005029021
- 9780801884191
- OCLC
- OCM61879684
- SCSB-9240822
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries