How can human communities sustain a long-term existence on a small planet? This
challenge grows ever more urgent as the threat of global warming increases. Planning for …

This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing
role as centers of creative economic activity. It attempts to put some conceptual and …

Edgeless cities are a sprawling form of development that accounts for the bulk of office
space found outside of downtowns. Every major metropolitan area has them: vast swaths of …

Both in Europe and North America there is a growing concern about the development of
urban form, especially deconcentration of urban land use in the form of urban sprawl. This …

This article establishes a framework for thinking about sustainable development in the
metropolitan context by investigating the origins of the sustainability concept and its …

This research critically examines the planning and redevelopment of historic industrial
waterfronts adjacent to downtown Portland, Oregon. While the city's economy once centered …

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Problem: Literature advocating compact development and mixed uses frequently claims that
this form of development supports a higher quality of life, yet the empirical basis for this claim …

Metropolitan areas throughout the United States increasingly experience sprawl
development. States such as Oregon and Maryland have enacted land use legislation that …

The smart growth movement of the 1990s has seen many development and planning
associations, state and local governments, and the Clinton administration encourage …