Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 307.76 EAN: 9780754670087 ISBN: 0754670082 Label: Ashgate Pub Co Manufacturer: Ashgate Pub Co Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 188 Publication Date: August 13, 2007 Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co Sales Rank: 516280 Studio: Ashgate Pub Co
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Product DescriptionOne of the policies that has been most widely used to try to limit urban sprawl has been that of urban containment. These policies are planning controls limiting the growth of cities in an attempt to preserve open rural uses, such as habitat, agriculture and forestry, in urban regions.While there has been a substantial amount of research into these urban containment policies, most have focused on issues of land use, consumption, transportation impacts or economic development issues. This book examines the effects of urban containment policies of key social issues, such as housing, wealth building and creation, racial segregation and gentrification. It argues that, while the policies make important contributions to environmental sustainability, they also affect affordability for all of the economic groups of citizens aside from the most wealthy. However, it also puts forward suggestions for revising such policies to counter these possible negative social impacts. As such, it should be valuable reading for scholars of environmental planning, social policy and regional development, as well as for policy makers.
