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Informationen zum Autor Reid Ewing, Ph.D., is a Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah, USA, chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association , columnist for Planning magazine, and one of the most highly cited academic planners in North America. Shima Hamidi, Ph.D., is Director of the Institute of Urban Studies and Assistant Professor of Urban Planning. Hamidi is a transportation planner and a smart growth advocate. The results of her research have been cited in more than 100 national newspapers and magazines such as Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and CNN Money. Klappentext Costs of Sprawl provides a panoramic guide to urban form in America, measures sprawl for metropolitan areas, urbanized areas, and counties, and studies the relationship between sprawl and quality-of-life outcomes. Zusammenfassung Costs of Sprawl provides a panoramic guide to urban form in America, measures sprawl for metropolitan areas, urbanized areas, and counties, and studies the relationship between sprawl and quality-of-life outcomes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Updated County Sprawl Index 3. Refined County Sprawl Measures 4. Validation of County Sprawl Indices 5. Traffic Safety 6. Public Health 7. Derivation and Validation of Metropolitan Sprawl Indices 8. Relationship of Sprawl to Topical Outcomes 9. Urbanized Areas: A Longitudinal Analysis 10. Case Examples for Planners
