Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation
Preferred Shelf Number:
333.771 HIR
Title:
Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation
Author:
Hirt, Sonia, author.
ISBN:
9780801453052
9780801479878
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Physical Description:
x, 245 pages: illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
An American model of land-use control -- America's housing trademark -- How the system works -- How others do it -- Roots -- American beginnings in comparative perspective -- The formative years of American zoning -- The promises and paradoxes of residential zoning.
Abstract:
In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. 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. -- from back cover.
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Electronic Access:
Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43221
Language:
English
Format:
Books
