Title: YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL: LESS SPRAWL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS TOO
Abstract: In recent decades, the dominant form of American real estate development has been “sprawl”:1 automobile-oriented development, usually in suburban areas far from traditional urban cores.2 Much of the public debate over sprawl involves two competing visions of land use policy: the antisprawl “smart growth” vision and the libertarian “property rights” vision. Smart growth advocates contend that sprawl has imposed a wide variety of social and environmental costs on Americans, such as pollution from increased auto emissions, loss of rural open space to suburban development, decay of older neighborhoods, and reduced economic opportunities for nondrivers.3 Smart growth advocates generally favor the creation of more pedestrian-friendly streets and neighborhoods, as well as redevelopment of cities and older suburbs.4 Some smart growth advocates also favor reducing sprawl through extensive regulations limiting suburban development.5
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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