Zoned in the USA : The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (258 pages)
ZONED IN THE USA -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An American Model of Land-Use Control -- 1. America's Housing Trademark -- 2. How the System Works -- 3. How Others Do It -- 4. Roots -- 5. American Beginnings in a Comparative Context -- 6. The Formative Years of American Zoning -- Conclusion: The Promises and Paradoxes of Residential Zoning -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences between Europe and the United States.