Zoned in the USA (eBook)

The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation

Sonia A. Hirt (Autor)

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2015
256 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-5470-7 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;[Hirt] provides a succinct overview of the history of zoning in the US. She compares zoning in the US to five European countries-England, France, Sweden, Germany, and Russia-to highlight its distinctiveness. The story of American zoning reveals its origins in the early-20th century, fashioned to maintain property values and protect Americans' investments in their homes. The book tells the story of how local, state, and federal governments have contributed to the use of zoning to preserve the single-family detached home, connecting zoning to other policies, such as transportation and home loan financing. This is a terrific book for collections on housing, land use, zoning, and law."e;-CHOICEWhy are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; andperhaps most noticeablya greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences.Hirt shows that rather than being imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American profile. A distinct spatial culture of individualismfounded on an ideal of separate, single-family residences apart from the dirt and turmoil of industrial and agricultural productionhas driven much of municipal regulation, defined land-use, and, ultimately, shaped American life.Hirt explores municipal zoning from a comparative and international perspective, drawing on archival resources and contemporary land-use laws from England, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, and Japan to challenge assumptions about American cities and the laws that guide them.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.2.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 11 halftones, 5 line drawings, 11 tables, 3 charts
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Gewicht: 28 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Sachenrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Affordable housing policies • American city planning • American Individualism • American Land-use • American Urban Areas • American Zoning Code • city planning • Comparative land use • Contemporary Land Use laws • densification • Eminent domain • Environmental zoning • European City Planning • Historical land-use policies • Impact fees • Land-use conflicts • Land-use controls • land use planning • Land-use planning • Land-use practices • land-use regulatory Practices • Municipal zoning • Planning Education and Research • Planning Literature • property rights • Regional Planning • Smart growth initiatives • sociology of urban areas • spatial planning • Sprawl • Sprawl management • Suburbanization • Urban Areas • Urban Design • Urban Development • Urban development regulations • Urban growth boundaries • urban infrastructure • urbanization • urban planning • Urban planning practice • urban sprawl • US Land-use • US Zoning • zoning laws
• ISBN-10: 0-8014-5470-0 / 0801454700
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-5470-7 / 9780801454707