Howe, Jim McMcMahon & Propst, Luther, Balancing Towards a revitalization of American cities without massive public infrastructure On the activists around the country who have slowly been paving the way 'project planners' have done to cities (stadiums, highways, superstores,Įtc.), and what they continue to do. Cities is an unapologetically positive bookĪbout what is great about urban living, and a warning against what the Gratz, Roberta Brandies & Mintz, Norman,īack from the Edge-New Life for Downtown (New York: Preservation Service efforts and shows regional coherence. Vision that integrates housing, transportion, environmental and social A leading urban analyst, Downs argues for a new policy Mass.: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1994). Downs, Anthony, New Visions for MetropolitanĪmerica (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution & Cambridge, Many case studies of growth management strategies of states and localities. Features an analysis of key problems in the first section, followedīy an anthology of essays and specific action recommendations. One of the best, most recent overviews of land use Use in America: The Report of the Sustainable Use of Land Project Particular emphasis on the impacts of sprawl on the African-American community Have studied Atlanta's infamous struggle with sprawl. This book is a compilation of essays by people that

Bullard, Robert D., Sprawl City-Race, Politics,Īnd Planning in Atlanta (Island Press: 2000). Bullard's work on hazardous waste facilityĬiting and race. Our sad history (current and past) of racism and urban poverty. The crititcal link between our nation's transportation's investments and Justice Resource Center at Clark University in Atlanta, GA, has editedĪ collection of essays from activists around the country who have made Professor Bullard, director of the Environmental (Stony Creek, CT: New Society Publishers, 1997). Transportation-Dismantling Race and Class Barriers to Mobility The consequences of sprawling growth patterns and proposes guiding principlesįor a new kind of 'smart' growth. A joint project of the Natural Resources DefenseĬouncil and the Surface Transportation Policy Project teh book documents There Were Greenfields How Urban Sprawl Is Undermining America's Environment,Įconomy, and Social Fabric(Natural Resources Defense Council, 1999). Benfield, Kaid, Raimi, Matthew and Chen, Donald,

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