This Land - The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Flint is a fellow and director of public affairs at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the author of Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City. Klappentext This Land is the 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 who have since morphed into the Tea Party, home builders, road pavers, financial institutions, and even the lawn-care industry right alongside them. Anthony Flint's updated introduction explores the burst housing bubble of 2008, when the epicenters of sprawl--Florida, Arizona, Nevada, California's Central Valley, the intermountain West--were hardest hit. After the crisis they became home to foreclosures and zombie subdivisions. "Those who truly hate sprawl and want to fight back would be well advised to read this book."-- Audubon "A provocative and insightful overview of the challenges of sprawl."-- Boston Globe "Flint provides a historical perspective on how we became a suburban nation . . . with the easy-flowing, narrative skill of a journalist."-- Architecture Boston "As an inquiry into the backlash against 'smart growth' . . . it offers valuable insights and unsettling observations from the frontlines of the battles over land use and suburban development."-- Urban Affairs Review Zusammenfassung Despite a modest revival in city living! Americans are spreading out more than ever - into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere! in big houses in big subdivisions. This book tells the untold story of development in America - how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political! economic and cultural forces. ...

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Flint, Anthony (Fellow & Director of Public Affair Flint, Anthony (Fellow & Director of Public Affairs Flint
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2012
• EAN: 9781421407814
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-0781-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Public Administration, Conservation of the environment, Central / national / federal government policies, City & town planning: architectural aspects, Regional government, Regional / local / state government