Cul-De-Sac Syndrome Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream

Name: Cul-De-Sac Syndrome Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
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ISBN: 9781576603208

ISBN-10: 1576603202

ISBN-13: 9781576603208

Edition: 2009

Authors: John F. Wasik, John F. Wasik

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/10/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 207
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.30" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

John F. Wasik is a special-projects editor of Consumer's Digest magazine and a lecturer at the University of Chicago. He lives with his family in Lake County, Illinois.



Preface


Introduction: The Foundation Cracks



A Dream Gone Bad



False Economics: American Dreamers in the Sunshine State



Origins of a Dream



How Debt Addiction Fed a Housing Crisis



Cul-de-Sac Nation: Symptoms of a Syndrome



The Spurbing of National Health



Reinventing Home and Community



Toward Sustainable Dreams



Building Smarter



The Near Death of a Suburb



Reclaiming the Inner City



Sustainability and Development: Bridging the Gap



The Bill Comes Due: Which Places Will Prosper?


Epilogue: Cleaning Up, Moving On


Notes


Index