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Better not bigger : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community.

Contrary to accepted wisdom, rapid urban growth can leave communities permanently scarred, deeply in debt, with unaffordable housing, a lost sense of community, and sacrificed environmental quality. In Better NOT Bigger, Fodor explodes the fundamental myth that growth is good for us and that more de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fodor, Eben, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gabriola Island : New Society, 1999.
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Sumario:Contrary to accepted wisdom, rapid urban growth can leave communities permanently scarred, deeply in debt, with unaffordable housing, a lost sense of community, and sacrificed environmental quality. In Better NOT Bigger, Fodor explodes the fundamental myth that growth is good for us and that more development will bring in more tax money, add jobs, lower housing costs, and reduce property taxes. Lively and well-illustrated, Better NOT Bigger provides insights, ideas, and tools to empower citizens to switch off their local "growth machine" by debunking the pro-growth rhetoric. Highly accessible t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (pages)
ISBN:1550923080
9781550923087