Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl

This book shows how suburban sprawl is at least partially a consequence of government spending and regulation, and suggests anti-sprawl policies that can make government smaller and/or less intrusive.
Thus, the book responds to the widely held view that automobile-dependent suburban development (also known as suburban sprawl) is a natural result of the free market and of affluence, and accordingly cannot be altered without massive government regulation.

Makes a significant contribution to the literature on suburban and urban sprawl Useful as a supplementary text in both law and planning courses dealing with the use of land Shows how government-funded highways lead to suburbanization Shows how density restrictions, parking regulations, and other land use rules make suburbia less walkable

Autorentext
Michael Lewyn is Associate Professor at Touro Law Center in Central Islip, New York, USA, where he teaches property, land use, environmental law and other courses. He has published over four dozen scholarly articles, and blogs regularly at planetizen.com and marketurbanism.com.

Inhalt
Introduction.- What Is Sprawl And Why Should We Care About It?.- Sprawl as Where We Grow: Or, How Government Spreads Suburbia.- Sprawl as Where We Grow, Part 2: How Government Prices Americans Out of Cities.- Sprawl As How We Grow, Or, How Government Makes Suburbia Sprawling.- The Criminalization of Walking.- Policy Conclusions: Or, A Short Guide to Market Urbanism.