Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Sprawl : a compact history /
As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to capture the complexity of these vast regions with their superhighways, subdivisions, industrial areas,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2005.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to capture the complexity of these vast regions with their superhighways, subdivisions, industrial areas, office parks, and resort areas pushing far out into the countryside. Detractors call it sprawl and assert that it is economically inefficient, socially inequitable, environmentally irresponsible, and aesthetically ugly. Robert Bruegmann calls it a logical consequence of economic growth and the democ. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226076973 0226076970 9780226076904 0226076903 1281959278 9781281959270 9786611959272 6611959270 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |