03691nam a2200409Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023010001700064020004100081020001800122035002300140040003400163041000800197042000800205043001200213049001200225050002300237082002000260100003400280245009000314264003800404300003300442336002600475337002800501338002700529500001100556504001800567505077200585520150701357650005802864650004302922650004202965650005803007942004103065999001903106952015603125pucpr20260224125937.0012210s2006    mdua     b    001 0 eng    a  2005029021  a0801884195 (hard cover : alk. paper)  a9780801884191  a(OCoLC)ocm61879684  apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda  aspa  apcc  an-us---  aCARIBET00aHT384.U5bF55 200600a307.76/09732221 aFlint, Anthonyd1962-922427310aThis Land :bthe battle over sprawl and the future of America. /cAnthony Flint.htxt  aBaltimore :bJohn Hopkins,c2006.  a298 p.bill. ;c24 cm.fbook  2rdacontentatextbtxt  2rdamediaaunmediadedbn  2rdacarrieravolumebnc  aIndex.  aBibliography.0 aContents: 
Introduction: Developing America I --
1: Grids and Greenfields 19 --        
2: Suburbia’s Promise and Curse 40 --          
3: New Paradigm: New Urbanism 61 --       
4: The Smart Growth Revolution 81 --                
5: Walk Daily, Buy Local, Build Green 104 --            
6: Hands Off My Land 127 --            
7: Dream Defenders and Sprawl Inc. 149 --              
8: Pitched Battles 172 --              
9: The Density Dilemma 191 --             
10: Smart, and Fair 209 --          
11: Planning and Disaster 229 --                  
Conclusion: Six Healthy Habits for Sensible Growth 246 --                
Notes 261 --              
Bibliographical Essay 273 --             
Acknowledgments 279 --              
Index 283 --              


  aDespite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever - into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes and a landscape of strip malls and office parks badly in need of a makeover. This Land tells the untold story of development in America how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. It is the story of burgeoning anti sprawl movement, a 1960s style revolution of New Urbanism, smart growth, and green building. And it is the story of landowners fighting back on the basis of property rights, with free market libertarians, homebuilders, road pavers, financial institutions, and even the lawn care industry right alongside them. The subdivisions and extra wide roadways are encroaching into the wetlands of Florida, ranchlands in Texas, and the desert outside Phoenix and Las Vegas. But with up to 120 million more people in the country by 2050, will the spread out pattern cave in on itself? Could Americans embrace a new approach to development if it made sense for them? A veteran journalist who covered planning, development, and housing for the Boston Globe for sixteen years and a visiting scholar in 2005 at the Harvard Design School, Flint reveals some surprising truths about the future and how we live in This Land -- 0aCities and townszUnited StatesxGrowth9736742Local 0aLand usezUnited States91227632Local 0aSuburbszUnited States91756542Local 0aReal estate developmentzUnited States91573752Local  2lccc6hHT384.U85kGeneralmF55 2006  c214235d214235  00102lcc4070a4b4c33d2009-09-08eamazong15.02i442992l0oGeneral HT384.U5F55 2006p91000000003566r2016-05-27 00:00:00t1v25.02w0000-00-00y6