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- catalog abstract ""What causes sprawl, and are there sensible solutions to its aggravating problems? Since the end of World War II, America has been obsessed with a desire to improve conditions for cars, not people, primarily through enormous subsidies for road widening and construction of free parking. Not only does this obsession worsen conditions for motorists (at great public expense), it traps communities in a vicious cycle that delivers a declining, sprawling, financially bankrupting future - regardless of the quality of regulations, plans, planners, or elected officials." "Nozzi delivers an easy-to-follow introduction to sprawl's causes and offers common sense solutions available to communities. The time is ripe for resurrecting the tradition of designing that makes people, not cars, happy. The key is returning to modest, human-scaled streets, parking, land use, and development regulations. Design principles encouraging walking, bicycling, and mass transit in conjunction with automobile travel are essential to creating livable cities once again. Aimed at people who want an insider's introduction to our road, traffic, and land-use problems, this book is a useful guide to both professional planners and citizens concerned about the future of their own communities."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13011031.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Nozzi delivers an easy-to-follow introduction to sprawl's causes and offers common sense solutions available to communities. The time is ripe for resurrecting the tradition of designing that makes people, not cars, happy. The key is returning to modest, human-scaled streets, parking, land use, and development regulations.".
- catalog description ""What causes sprawl, and are there sensible solutions to its aggravating problems? Since the end of World War II, America has been obsessed with a desire to improve conditions for cars, not people, primarily through enormous subsidies for road widening and construction of free parking.".
- catalog description "Design principles encouraging walking, bicycling, and mass transit in conjunction with automobile travel are essential to creating livable cities once again. Aimed at people who want an insider's introduction to our road, traffic, and land-use problems, this book is a useful guide to both professional planners and citizens concerned about the future of their own communities."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-173) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Dire straits -- We have met the enemy -- and it is we motorists -- Fighting the wrong battles -- Misguided solutions: Tendency to foul our own nest -- Putting the brakes on sprawl -- Properly designing streets -- Ending our love affair with the car -- Getting back on our feet -- Designing for people -- Toward better development regulations -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Urban-rural transect regulatory matrix -- Appendix B: Special area plan for transforming a conventional center -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "Not only does this obsession worsen conditions for motorists (at great public expense), it traps communities in a vicious cycle that delivers a declining, sprawling, financially bankrupting future - regardless of the quality of regulations, plans, planners, or elected officials."".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 177 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Road to ruin.".
- catalog identifier "0275981290 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Road to ruin.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Praeger,".
- catalog relation "Road to ruin.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "307.76/09773 21".
- catalog subject "Cities and towns United States Growth.".
- catalog subject "City planning United States.".
- catalog subject "HT384.U5 N68 2003".
- catalog subject "Land use United States.".
- catalog subject "Quality of life United States.".
- catalog subject "Urban transportation United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Dire straits -- We have met the enemy -- and it is we motorists -- Fighting the wrong battles -- Misguided solutions: Tendency to foul our own nest -- Putting the brakes on sprawl -- Properly designing streets -- Ending our love affair with the car -- Getting back on our feet -- Designing for people -- Toward better development regulations -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Urban-rural transect regulatory matrix -- Appendix B: Special area plan for transforming a conventional center -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Road to ruin : an introduction to sprawl and how to cure it / Dom Nozzi ; foreword by Victor Dover.".
- catalog type "text".