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Suburban Sprawl : Private Decisions and Public Policy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (341 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315700557
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Suburban SprawlDDC classification:
  • 307.76/09773/11
LOC classification:
  • HT352.U62 -- .S838 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Public Works and Land Use: The Importance of Public Infrastructure in Chicago's Metropolitan Development, 1830-1970 -- 2. Urban Land Cover Change in Northeastern Illinois: A Landsat View from 1972 to 1997 -- 3. Property Taxes, Schools, and Sprawl -- 4. Land Use Planning Tools in Illinois: Preventing or Promoting Sprawl? -- 5. Transportation in the Chicago Metropolitan Region Since 1970 -- 6. Commercial Motor Carrier Operations in the Northeast Illinois Region: Impacts on Land Use Trends Since 1970 -- 7. The Role of Regional Planning Agencies in Suburban Deconcentration -- 8. Housing Policy and Urban Sprawl in the Chicago Metropolitan Region -- 9. Employment Subcenters and Subsequent Real Estate Development in Suburban Chicago -- 10. High Technology Employment Concentration and Urban Sprawl in the Chicago Metropolitan Area -- 11. The Impact of Federal and State Expenditures on Residential Land Absorption: A Quantitative Case Study-Chicago -- 12. New Federal and State Policies for Metropolitan Equity -- About the Authors -- Index.
Summary: This work combines historical, political, economic, geographical and urban planning analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why urban sprawl occurs.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Public Works and Land Use: The Importance of Public Infrastructure in Chicago's Metropolitan Development, 1830-1970 -- 2. Urban Land Cover Change in Northeastern Illinois: A Landsat View from 1972 to 1997 -- 3. Property Taxes, Schools, and Sprawl -- 4. Land Use Planning Tools in Illinois: Preventing or Promoting Sprawl? -- 5. Transportation in the Chicago Metropolitan Region Since 1970 -- 6. Commercial Motor Carrier Operations in the Northeast Illinois Region: Impacts on Land Use Trends Since 1970 -- 7. The Role of Regional Planning Agencies in Suburban Deconcentration -- 8. Housing Policy and Urban Sprawl in the Chicago Metropolitan Region -- 9. Employment Subcenters and Subsequent Real Estate Development in Suburban Chicago -- 10. High Technology Employment Concentration and Urban Sprawl in the Chicago Metropolitan Area -- 11. The Impact of Federal and State Expenditures on Residential Land Absorption: A Quantitative Case Study-Chicago -- 12. New Federal and State Policies for Metropolitan Equity -- About the Authors -- Index.

This work combines historical, political, economic, geographical and urban planning analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why urban sprawl occurs.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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