When city and country collide : managing growth in the metropolitan fringe
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When city and country collide : managing growth in the metropolitan fringe
Island Press, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
As traditional rural industries like frarming, forestry and mining give way to residential and commercial development, the land at the edges of the developed areas - the rural-urban fringe - is becoming the middle landscape between the city and the countryside that the suburbs once were. To date, this rural-urban fringe has been largely ignored in national policy debates. This book highlights the importance and relevance of population and economic growth, environmental quality and competitiveness in the global economy - and examines the implications for accommodating population and economic growth at a regional and not merely local level. The text is intended as a resource for planners, policy-makers and all those looking to the future of fringe areas.
Table of Contents
- The metropolitan fringe - America's premier land-use battleground
- how the fringe came to be
- obstacles to managing growth in the fringe
- growth management strategies and the law of the fringe
- designing the fringe - joining appearance and performance
- changing federal programmes that promote sprawl in the fringe
- divided we sprawl - the role of state and local goverments
- blending regulations and incentives to manage fringe growth
- regional planning - making the city, suburb and fringe connection
- managing growth in the fringe countryside
- growth management case studies
- the promised land - the future of the fringe.
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