Description:
Smart growth and its role in future planning and development remain confusing to many, including decision makers in the public arena who represent citizens hungry for strong policy, planning, and design solutions. The essays in this book cover the history of suburban growth, consequences of current growth and technological change, assumptions about design, urban and suburban neglect and revival, property rights, and environmental ethics.
Review Quotes: "The authors raise the question of whether individual cities and suburbs can deal effectively with the forces of decline and sprawl or whether a regional agenda is essential. The objective of the essays is not abstract conjecture but individual and collective action. America will continue to grow, like it or not. The challenge is not to stop growth but to shape it in a way that contains sprawl and offers attractive living choices for families of all descriptions and of all income levels."--Norman Krumholz, College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University