Retrofitting Sprawl: Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form

by June Williamson

Book Overview

These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited "recycling the suburbs" as the second of "Ten Ideas Changing the World Right Now." While most conversations on sprawl tend to focus on its restriction, this book presents an overview of current thinking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082034544X
• ISBN13: 9780820345444
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"