Author: Max Fora
Publisher: Au Pre
Keywords: calgary, press, sprawl, urban, discourses, expansive
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2009-04-02
ISBN-10: 1897425139
ISBN-13: 9781897425138

A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary, "Expansive Discourses" looks at the city’s development after the Second World War. The interactions of land developers and the local government influenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently as possible, while the city had to consider wider planning constraints and infrastructure costs.In "Expansive Discourses", Foran examines the complexity of their debates from a historical perspective, why each party acted as it did, and where each can be criticized.About the Auth

Authors:Beth E. Lachman, Anny Wong, Susan A. Resetar
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: initiative, buffer, installation, encroachment, protection, environmental, line, assessment, dod, readiness, thin
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 083304172X
ISBN-13: 9780833041722

Over the past few decades, military installations have experienced diminishing open space near their borders from suburban sprawl and other developments. Such encroachment pressures limit the ability to conduct mission-essential testing and training. Such development can also destroy or displace native plant and animal species, the result being that military installations become islands of refuge for threatened and endangered species, which can also restrict an installation

Author: Charles Siegel
Publisher: Preservation Institute
Keywords: living, simple, politics
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN-10: 0978872827
ISBN-13: 9780978872823

This book calls for a new politics of simple living, and it describes specific policies, such as: Work-Time Choice: Today, most people have no choice but to take full-time jobs, because most part-time jobs have lower hourly pay and no benefits. We need policies that let us choose part-time work, so people have the option of consuming less and having more free time. Neighborhood Choice: Since World War II, federal freeway policies and local zoning laws forced most American cities to be rebuilt as low-density sprawl where people cannot leave their houses without driving. We need to build walkabl