Suburban sprawl : private decisions and public policy / Wim Wiewel and Joseph J. Persky, editors.

Title & Author:

Suburban sprawl : private decisions and public policy / Wim Wiewel and Joseph J. Persky, editors.

Publication:

Description:

xviii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Cities and contemporary society

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public works and land use : the importance of public infrastructure in Chicago's metropolitan development, 1830-1970 / Bonnie Lindstrom -- Urban land cover change in Northeastern Illinois : a Landsat view from 1972 to 1997 / Y.Q. Wang -- Property taxes, schools, and sprawl / Richard F. Dye and Therese J. McGuire -- Land use planning tools in Illinois : preventing or promoting sprawl? / Jean M. Templeton -- Transportation in the Chicago metropolitan region since 1970 / Joseph DiJohn -- Commercial motor carrier operations in the northeast Illinois region : impacts on land use trends since 1970 / Piyushimita Thakuriah -- The role of regional planning agencies in suburban deconcentration / Bonnie Lindstrom -- Housing policy and urban sprawl in the Chicago metropolitan region / Charles J. Orlebeke -- Employment subcenters and subsequent real estate development in suburban Chicago / John F. McDonald and Daniel P. McMillen -- High technology employment concentration and urban sprawl in the Chicago metropolitan area / Daniel Felsenstein -- The impact of federal and state expenditures on residential land absorption : a quantitative case study--Chicago / Joseph J. Persky, Haydar Kurban, and Thomas W. Lester -- New federal and state policies for metropolitan equity / Wim Wiewel and Kimberly Schaffer.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0765609673 (alk. paper)
9780765609670 (alk. paper)
0765609681
9780765609687

Subject:

Suburbs Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Population density Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Banlieues Illinois Chicago, Agglomération de.
Population density
Suburbs
Suburbanisatie.
Lokaal beleid.
Bevolkingsdichtheid.
Chicago (Ill.)
Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area

Added entries:

Wiewel, Wim.
Persky, Joseph.
Cities and contemporary society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226212
Call No.: HT384.U52 C5 2002
Status: Available

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