Main entry:

Bruegmann, Robert.

Title & Author:

Sprawl : a compact history / Robert Bruegmann.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.

Description:

301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index.
Defining Sprawl -- Early sprawl -- Sprawl in the interwar boom years -- Sprawl in the Postwar boom years -- Sprawl since the 1970s -- The causes of sprawl -- Early anti-sprawl arguments -- The first anti-sprawl campaign: Britain in the 1920s -- The second anti-sprawl campaign: The United States in the postwar years -- The third anti-sprawl campaign: since the 1970s -- Early remedies: from anti-blight to anti-sprawl -- Postwar anti-sprawl remedies -- Anti-sprawl remedies since the 1970s.

Summary:

Stripping urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, Robert Breugemann offers a new vision of the city and its growth, leading to the conclusion that, in its complexity and constant change, the city is a wonderful work of mankind.

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ISBN:

0226076903 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226076904 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226076911 (pbk.)
9780226076911 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns Growth.
Land use.
Urban policy.
City planning.
Metropolitan areas.
Villes Croissance.
Utilisation du sol.
Politique urbaine.
Agglomérations urbaines.
metropolitan areas.
suburban growth.
urban sprawl.
Stadt
Stadtplanung
Wachstum
Steden.
Voorsteden.
Suburbanisatie.
Overheidsbeleid.
Sociale aspecten.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241763
Call No.: BIB 171610
Status: Available