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Acknowledgments

Urban Sprawl and the Uneven Development of Metropolitan America
Gregory D. Squires

The Environmental Impacts of Sprawl
David J. Cieslewicz

Sprawl, Concentration of Poverty, and Urban Inequality
Paul A. Jargowsky

Sprawl, Fragmentation, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality: Limiting Civil Rights by Fragmenting Space
john powell

Transportation, Land Use, and the Impacts of Sprawl on Poor Children and Families
Amy Helling

Encourage, Then Cope: Washington and the Sprawl Machine
H. V. Savitch

Suburban Expansion in Atlanta: "The City without Limits" Faces Some
Charles Jaret

Planning a Sustainable City: The Promise and Performance of Portland's Urban Growth Boundary
Carl Abbott

Politics and Regionalism
Myron Orfield

10 Less Sprawl, Greater Equity? The Potential for Revenue Sharing in the Chicago Region
Wim Wiewel, Joseph Persky, and Kimberly Schaffer

11 Maryland's "Smart Growth": Using Incentives to Combat Sprawl
James R. Cohen

12 Equity and the Future Politics of Growth
Jeffrey R. Henig

About the Editor

About the Contributors

Index

 

Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences & Policy Responses, edited by Gregory D. Squires, is available in paperback from the Urban Institute Press (6" x 9", 404 pages, ISBN 978-0-87766-709-4, $32.50).

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