When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe - Couverture souple

Daniels, Tom

 
9781559635974: When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1559635975 ISBN 13 : 9781559635974
Editeur : Island Press, 1998

Synopsis

Strips of urban and suburban "fabric" have extended into the countryside, creating a ragged settlement pattern that blurs the distinction between rural, urban, and suburban. As traditional rural industries like farming, forestry, and mining rapidly give way to residential and commercial development, the land at the edges of developed areas -- the rural-urban fringe -- is becoming the middle landscape between city and countryside that the suburbs once were.

When City and Country Collide examines the fringe phenomenon and presents a workable approach to fostering more compact development and better, more sustainable communities in those areas. It provides viable alternatives to traditional land use and development practices, and offers a solid framework and rational perspective for wider adoption of growth management techniques.

The author:

  • reviews growth management techniques and obstacles to growth management
  • examines the impact of federal spending programs and regulations on growth management
  • presents a comprehensive planning process for communities and counties
  • discusses state-level spending programs and regulations
  • illustrates design principles for new development
  • looks at regional planning efforts and regional governments
  • discusses ways to protect farmland, forestland, and natural areas to help control sprawl

The book also features a series of case studies -- including Albuquerque, New Mexico; Larimer County, Colorado; Chittenden County, Vermont; and others -- that evaluate the success of efforts to control both the size of the fringe and growth within the fringe. It ends with a discussion of possible futures for fringe areas.

When City and Country Collide is an important guide for planners and students of planning, policymakers, elected officials, and citizens working to minimize sprawl.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tom Daniels is director of the Agricultural Preserve Board, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Éditeur
Island Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1559635975
ISBN 13 
9781559635974
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
382
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
https://www.buchpark.de

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