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Sonia A. Hirt - Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation - 9780801479878 - V9780801479878
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Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation

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Description for Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30, 11 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings, 11 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; LNSH; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.

Why are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; and—perhaps most noticeably—a greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences.Hirt shows that rather than being imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801479878
SKU
V9780801479878
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About Sonia A. Hirt
Sonia A. Hirt is Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech. She is the author of Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City and coeditor most recently of The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs.

Reviews for Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
[Hirt] provides a succinct overview of the history of zoning in the US. She compares zoning in the US to five European countries—England, France, Sweden, Germany, and Russia—to highlight its distinctiveness. The story of American zoning reveals its origins in the early-20th century, fashioned to maintain property values and protect Americans' investments in their homes. The book tells the story ... Read more

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