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1 online resource : 11 halftones, 5 line drawings, 11 tables, 3 charts |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. An American Model Of Land-Use Control -- 1. America's Housing Trademark -- 2. How The System Works -- 3. How Others Do It -- 4. Roots -- 5. American Beginnings In A Comparative Context -- 6. The Formative Years Of American Zoning -- Conclusion. The Promises And Paradoxes Of Residential Zoning -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Why are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; and--perhaps most noticeably--a greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences. Hirt shows that rather than being imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American profile. A distinct spatial culture of individualism--founded on an ideal of separate, single-family residences apart from the dirt and turmoil of industrial and agricultural production--has driven much of municipal regulation, defined land-use, and, ultimately, shaped American life. Hirt explores municipal zoning from a comparative and international perspective, drawing on archival resources and contemporary land-use laws from England, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, and Japan to challenge assumptions about American cities and the laws that guide them |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018) |
| Subject |
Land use -- United States -- Planning -- History
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City planning -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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City planning
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Land use -- Planning
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780801454714 |
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0801454719 |
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