Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States

By Harry W. Richardson and Chang-Hee Christine Bae

Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize higher densities, pro-transit policies and more compact urban growth. Yet, on closer inspection, the differences are not as wide as first appears. A key feature of the book is the attention given to France; its experience is little known in the English-speaking world. The book concludes that both continents can offer each other useful insights and perhaps policy guidance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754637891
• ISBN13: 9780754637899
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"