The problems of urban sprawl have long been recognized. The classic response to sprawl
has been compact settlements of one form or another. Yet the profession's modern origins …

Over the past two decades, the New Urbanism has emerged as a controversial alternative to
conventional patterns of urban development. Although growing in popularity, it has received …

THE DICTIONARY OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 'Even better than before, the Dictionary is an
essential tool for all human geographers and over the years has provided an invaluable …

The author examines three approaches to planning theory: the communicative model, the
new urbanism, and the just city. The first type emphasizes the planner's role in mediating …

Although many have written about urban sprawl, few have sought to measure it. In this
article, we present several quantitative measures of urban form and compute these for …

Now and then, certain events occur which, with wonderful clarity, provide a capsule
illustration of much wider themes and concerns. In 1997 one of the most highly publicised …

As I was sitting down to write the first of three annual progress reports on urban political
ecology, the lights went out. At 4: 11 pm on August 14, 2003 a cascading power failure that …

The car, and the range of social and political institutions which sustain its dominance, play
an important role in many of the environmental problems faced by contemporary society. But …

The community is more than an abstract object of theoretical inquiry. It is also a place where
people live. It is difficult to determine where community research and theory merge, because …

Although sprawl is a growing national debate, there have been few efforts to measure or
monitor changes in degree of sprawl over time. By using a methodology that employs …