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This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
Anthony Flint
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Description for This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; JFSF; JPP; JPR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes - and a landscape of strip malls and office parks badly in need of a makeover. "This Land" tells the untold story of development in America - how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. It is the ... Read more
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. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes - and a landscape of strip malls and office parks badly in need of a makeover. "This Land" tells the untold story of development in America - how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. It is the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421407814
SKU
V9781421407814
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About Anthony Flint
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.
Reviews for This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
Engaging, vivid and provocative work. Written with analytical rigor but also a crafty journalistic eye for the human-interest story that crystallizes an abstract theme, this book merits inclusion in any library. Library Journal A panoramic and extraordinarily up-to-date account of the struggle over how America builds.
Philip Langdon New Urban News This Land offers a provocative and insightful overview ... Read more
Philip Langdon New Urban News This Land offers a provocative and insightful overview ... Read more