The Planner's Guide to Natural Resource Conservation:: The Science of Land Development Beyond the Metropolitan Fringe

by Adrian X. Esparza

Book Overview

Much of the country's recent population growth is situated in exurban areas. By many accounts exurbanization has become the dominant pattern of land development in the country and there is no indication it will slow in the foreseeable future (Theobald 2005; Brown et al. 2005; Glennon and Kretser 2005). By definition, exurban development takes place beyond the metropolitan fringe, often in rural and remote areas. The development of new exurban communities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387981667
• ISBN13: 9780387981666
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"