Field Guide to Sprawl

Name: Field Guide to Sprawl
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ISBN: 9780393731989

ISBN-10: 0393731987

ISBN-13: 9780393731989

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jim Wark, Dolores Hayden

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A visual lexicon of the colorful slang, from alligator investment to zoomburb, that defines sprawl in America. "May well establish Ms. Hayden as the Roger Tory Peterson of Sprawl."New York Times Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among the dozens of zany terms invented by real estate developers and designers today to characterize land-use practices and the physical elements of sprawl. Sprawl in the environment, based on the metaphor of a person spread out, is hard to define. This concise book engages its meaning, explains common building patterns, and illustrates the visual culture of sprawl. Seventy-five stunning color aerial photographs, each paired with a…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 0.81" wide x 0.70" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword




Decoding Everyday American Landscapes


A Field Guide to Sprawl?


Sprawl Talk


What Causes Sprawl?


The War on Sprawl


Reading the Landscape from an Airplane


From Sprawl to Sustainable Landscapes



An Illustrated Vocabulary of Sprawl


Sources


Selected Bibliography


Index