{"product_id":"costs-of-sprawl-reid-ewing-9781138645516","title":"Costs of Sprawl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross the nation, the debate over metropolitan sprawl and its impact has become pivotal to urban planning. A decade and a half ago, Smart Growth America and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sought to raise the level of the debate by sponsoring groundbreaking research to quantitatively measure sprawl and its quality-of-life impacts. The resulting measures are widely used in urban research and public health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eCosts of Sprawl provides a panoramic guide to urban form in America, measures sprawl for metropolitan areas, urbanized areas, and counties, and studies the relationship between sprawl and quality-of-life outcomes. From this preliminary investigation, it looks like the costs of sprawl are varied and substantial, and the alternative of compact development is far superior.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential read for researchers, planners, urban designers, policy makers, and smart growth advocates in the U.S. and abroad, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of one of the most critical issues in planning today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reid Ewing, Shima Hamidi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138645516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138645516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Reid Ewing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120944181503,"sku":"9781138645516","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbdb5e1a-ab98-4bbc-9982-f4f91883d546.jpg?v=1687417145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/costs-of-sprawl-reid-ewing-9781138645516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}