Sprawl costs : economic impacts of unchecked development /

(Publishers Description) "The environmental impacts of sprawling development have been well documented, but few comprehensive studies have examined its economic costs. In 1996, a team of experts undertook a multi-year study designed to provide quantitative measures of the costs and benefits of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Burchell, Robert W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Cities and towns > Growth > Economic aspects > United States.
Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects > United States.
Suburbs > United States.
Real estate development > United States.
Villes > Croissance > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Villes > Croissance > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Banlieues > États-Unis.
Promotion immobilière > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns > Growth > Economic aspects
Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects
Real estate development
Suburbs
Stadtentwicklung
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Infrastruktur
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sprawl and its definition
  • Measuring sprawl in the United States
  • Land and natural resource consequences of sprawl
  • Infrastructure consequences
  • Real estate development costs
  • Fiscal impact of development
  • Travel and congestion
  • Quality of life consequences
  • Sprawl, urban decline, and social policy
  • The benefits of sprawl
  • Developing policies in response to sprawl
  • Appendix A. States ranked by sprawl index
  • Appendix B. Counties ranked by sprawl indes.

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