Urban sprawl in Western Europe and the United States. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Chang-Hee Christine Bae.
• Other Names: Richardson, Harry W, 1938-; Bae, Chang-Hee Christine
• Contents: Sustainable settlements and jobs-housing balance / Michael Breheny -- Reducing sprawl and delivering an urban renaissance in England : are these aims possible given current attitudes to urban living? / Katie Williams -- Push-pull forces in the spatial organization of greater London and South East England / Terence Bendixson -- Knowledge, decisions and urban form : implications from the Socialist calculation debate / Mark Pennington -- The thirty-year's experiment with British greenbelt policy in Korea : a convergent path to sustainable development / Sang-Chuel Choe -- Urban sprawl in Rennes and 77 urban areas in France, 1982-1999 / Remy Prud'homme and Bernard-Henri Nicot -- Urban sprawl in France 1990-1999 / Alain Sallez and Julien Burgi -- Urban sprawl : is there a French case? / Denise Pumain -- Concentration and dispersal of employment in French cities / Jean-Marie Huriot -- Location patterns of producer services : between centralization and urban sprawl, French and Swiss case studies / Antoine Bailly -- Urbanization and the social origins of national policies toward sprawl / Jefferey Sellers -- US population and employment trends and sprawl issues / Harry W. Richardson and Peter Gordon -- Urban containment American style : a preliminary assessment / Arthur C. Nelson -- Local innovations in controlling sprawl : experiences with several approaches in the Seattle urban region / Donald Miller -- Immigration and densities : a contribution to the compact cities and sprawl debates / Chang-Hee Christine Bae -- Transit and density : Atlanta, the United States and Western Europe / Alain Bertaud and Harry W. Richardson -- Traffic and sprawl : evidence from US commuting, 1985 to 1997 / Randall Crane and Daniel G. Chatman.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: 307.76/094; Cities and towns -- Europe, Western -- Growth; Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth; City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Europe, Western; City planning -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Urban policy -- Europe, Western; Urban policy -- United States; Land subdivision -- Europe, Western; Land subdivision -- United States; Urbanisation -- Europe de l'Ouest; Urbanisation -- États-Unis; Urbanisme -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Europe de l'Ouest; Urbanisme -- Aspect de l'environnement -- États-Unis; Villes -- Europe de l'Ouest -- Croissance; Villes -- États-Unis -- Croissance; Villes -- Europe de l'Ouest -- Croissance; Urbanisation -- Europe de l'Ouest; Urbanisme -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Europe de l'Ouest; Villes -- États-Unis -- Croissance; Urbanisation -- États-Unis; Urbanisme -- Aspect de l'environnement -- États-Unis; Cities and towns -- Growth; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Ecology; Land subdivision; Population; Urban policy; Stedelijke ontwikkeling; Geografische verspreiding; Flächennutzung; Nachhaltigkeit; Stadt; Politique urbaine -- France -- 20e siècle; Urbanisation -- France -- 20e siècle; Villes -- Croissance -- France; Politique urbaine -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle; Urbanisation -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle; Villes -- Croissance -- Grande-Bretagne; Politique urbaine -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle; Urbanisation -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle; Villes -- Croissance -- États-Unis; Zersiedlung; Suburbanisierung; Europe, Western -- Population; Europe, Western -- Environmental conditions; United States -- Population; United States -- Environmental conditions; Europe, Western; United States; USA; Westeuropa; Europa; USA; Aufsatzsammlung; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351876407; 1351876406
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