Overview
Makes a significant contribution to the literature on suburban and urban sprawl
Useful as a supplementary text in both law and planning courses dealing with the use of land
Shows how government-funded highways lead to suburbanization
Shows how density restrictions, parking regulations, and other land use rules make suburbia less walkable
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Thus, the book responds to the widely held view that automobile-dependent suburban development (also known as “suburban sprawl”) is a natural result of the free market and of affluence, and accordingly cannot be altered without massive government regulation.
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Book Title: Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl
Book Subtitle: The Case for Market Urbanism
Authors: Michael Lewyn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95149-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95148-2Published: 29 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95743-9Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95149-9Published: 20 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 174
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Human Geography, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)