{"product_id":"smarter-growth-9780812250244","title":"Smarter Growth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuburban sprawl has been the prevailing feature—and double-edged sword—of metropolitan America''s growth and development since 1945. The construction of homes, businesses, and highways that were signs of the nation''s economic prosperity also eroded the presence of agriculture and polluted the environment. This in turn provoked fierce activism from an array of local, state, and national environmental groups seeking to influence planning and policy. Many places can lay claim to these twin legacies of sprawl and the attendant efforts to curb its impact, but, according to John H. Spiers, metropolitan Washington, D.C., in particular, laid the foundations for a smart growth movement that blossomed in the late twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSmarter Growth\u003c\/i\u003e, Spiers argues that civic and social activists played a key role in pushing state and local officials to address the environmental and fiscal costs of growth. Drawing on case studies including the Potomac River''s cleanup,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A River Revived\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Where Have All the Forests Gone?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Desperate for Growth\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Road to Sprawl\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. A Master Plan for Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Saving Farms from Development\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405737435479,"sku":"9780812250244","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812250244.jpg?v=1730493437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/smarter-growth-9780812250244","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}