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Autore: | Hirt Sonia |
Titolo: | Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation / / Sonia A. Hirt ; cover design by Lou Robinson |
Pubblicazione: | Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
Disciplina: | 333.77/170973 |
Soggetto topico: | Land use - United States - Planning - History |
City planning - United States - History | |
City planning | |
Land use - Planning | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States |
Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
Persona (resp. second.): | RobinsonLou |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Origins and implications of American land-use regulation |
Titolo autorizzato: | Zoned in the USA |
ISBN: | 0-8014-5470-0 |
0-8014-7987-8 | |
0-8014-5471-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910788152703321 |
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