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The cul-de-sac syndrome : turning around the unsustainable American dream
- Title
- The cul-de-sac syndrome : turning around the unsustainable American dream / John F. Wasik.
- Author
- Wasik, John F.
- Publication
- New York : Bloomberg Press, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HD7287.82.U6 W37 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 207 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome explores why homeownership has become a fractured dream and presents ways to revive it. Combining analysis with insights into cultural and economic myths, the book provides an incisive look at the consequences of unsustainable lifestyle, exposing its economic, cultural, and market-related roots and the larger effects on the community, economy, and environment"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-193) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. The foundation cracks -- 1. False economics : American dreamers in the Sunshine State -- 2. Origins of a dream -- 3. How debt addiction fed a housing crisis -- 4. Cul-de-sac nation : symptoms of a syndrome -- 5. The spurbing of national health -- 6. Toward sustainable dreams -- 7. Building smarter -- 8. The near death of a suburb -- 9. Reclaiming the inner city -- 10. Sustainability and development : bridging the gap -- 11. The bill comes due : which places will prosper? -- Epilogue. Cleaning up, moving on.
- ISBN
- 9781576603208 (alk. paper)
- 1576603202 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009002103
- 40016847720
- OCLC
- ocn263978189
- 263978189
- SCSB-9038581
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries