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Urban sprawl has gained much national attention in recent years. Sprawl involves not only land-use issues but also legal, political, and social concerns. It affects our schools, the environment, and race relations. Comprehensive enough for high school students and also appropriate for college undergraduates, Remaking American Communities delves into the challenges of urban sprawl by turning to some of America's top thinkers on the problem, including Robert Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association. Other cutting-edge essays include a foreword about the emergence of sprawl by nationally syndicated columnist Neal Peirce, views about race and class by former mayor of Albuquerque David Rusk, and a discussion of transportation dynamics by Curtis Johnson, president of the Citistates Group. nbsp; The essays in this collection explore the core issues of sprawl and the agenda for dealing with it. Complete with a glossary, resources, and contact information for smart-growth alliances, this book is extremely user-friendly. David C. Soule offers an unbiased viewpoint of this national phenomenon in a way that will be accessible to students and those with little background in the issue.

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• Foreword: Recent Emergence of Sprawl as an Issue in American Policy Debates(p. xi)
• Preface(p. xv)
• Acknowledgments(p. xix)
• Introduction(p. xxi)
• Part I Sprawl in Context
• 1 Defining and Managing Sprawl(p. 3)
• 2 Historical Framework: Cities and Their Regions, Suburbanization, and Federal Policies(p. 12)
• 3 Legal Framework: The Laws of Sprawl and the Laws of Smart Growth(p. 26)
• 4 Planning Framework: A Planning Framework for Managing Sprawl(p. 61)
• 5 Economic Framework: The Economics of Sprawl(p. 79)
• 6 Social Framework: Sprawl, Race, and Concentrated Poverty-Changing the "Rules of the Game"(p. 90)
• 7 Social Framework: Planning for a Civic Society-Investing in Social Infrastructure to Develop Social Capital(p. 103)
• 8 Political Framework: The Politics of Sprawl(p. 127)
• Part II Sprawl Dynamics
• 9 Real Estate Markets and Property Law(p. 141)
• 10 Transportation Systems: Market Choices and Fair Prices-Five Years of Twin Cities Research(p. 147)
• 11 Atlanta Metropatterns: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability(p. 175)
• Part III What's Wrong with Sprawl?
• 12 Shared Freedom: A Dynamic Standard for Equity in the Sprawl Debate(p. 219)
• 13 The Impact of Sprawl on the Environment and Human Health(p. 240)
• 14 The Cost of Sprawl(p. 260)
• Part IV Measuring and Analyzing Sprawl
• 15 Measuring Change: Databases, Build-Out Analysis, Scenario Planning, and Models(p. 273)
• 16 Taking Democracy to Scale: Tools for Planning at the Speed of Change(p. 289)
• Part V Cross-Cutting Issues
• 17 Sprawl and Local Government Taxation Regimes: Cause and Effect(p. 335)
• 18 Immigration: Friend or Foe(p. 354)
• Part VI Policy Prescriptions
• 19 Governing Complexity: The Emergence of Regional Compacts(p. 365)
• 20 The Local Arena: Changing Regulations and Standards to Address Sprawl(p. 377)
• 21 Greenspace and Natural Resource Preservation(p. 394)
• 22 Regional Equity and Smart Growth: Opportunities for Advancing Social and Economic Justice in America(p. 407)
• Conclusion(p. 429)
• Appendix I Database Resources(p. 431)
• Appendix II Web Sites for Sprawl Research(p. 435)
• Appendix III Contact Information for Smart-Growth Alliances(p. 441)
• Appendix IV Ahwahnee Principles for Resource-Efficient Communities(p. 445)
• Glossary(p. 447)
• Comprehensive Bibliography(p. 489)
• Index(p. 549)
• About the Editor and Contributors(p. 563)

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David C. Soule is the associate director at the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. He is the principal advisor to the Regional Futures Institute of the National Association of Regional Councils and a member of the board of directors and former officer of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship.