Bibliograph

Sprawl, a compact history, Robert Bruegmann

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Sprawl, a compact history, Robert Bruegmann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sprawl

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

58595512

Responsibility statement

Robert Bruegmann

Sub title

a compact history

Summary

Stripping urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, Robert Breugemann offers a new vision of the city and its growth, leading to the conclusion that, in its complexity and constant change, the city is a wonderful work of mankind

Table Of Contents

Defining Sprawl -- Early sprawl -- Sprawl in the interwar boom years -- Sprawl in the Postwar boom years -- Sprawl since the 1970s -- The causes of sprawl -- Early anti-sprawl arguments -- The first anti-sprawl campaign: Britain in the 1920s -- The second anti-sprawl campaign: The United States in the postwar years -- The third anti-sprawl campaign: since the 1970s -- Early remedies: from anti-blight to anti-sprawl -- Postwar anti-sprawl remedies -- Anti-sprawl remedies since the 1970s

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