Up against the sprawl : public policy and the making of Southern California / Jennifer Wolch, Manuel Pastor Jr., and Peter Dreier, editors ; foreword by Michael Dear.

Other author Wolch, Jennifer R.
Other author Pastor, Manuel, 1956-
Other author Dreier, Peter, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxi, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents W(h)ither sprawl? Have regional water policies subsidized suburban development? / Steven P. Erie, Gregory Freeman, and Pascale Joassart-Marcelli -- Environmental racism and urban development / Laura Pulido -- Urban sprawl, racial separation, and federal housing policy / Carolyn B. Aldana and Gary A. Dymski -- From the barrio to the 'burbs? Immigration and the dynamics of suburbanization / Enrico A. Marcelli -- Where is the "region" in regional transportation planning? / Genevieve Giuliano -- Metropolitan fiscal structure : coping with growth and fiscal constraint / Juliet Musso -- Federal expenditures, intrametropolitan poverty, and fiscal disparities between cities / Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Juliet Musso, and Jennifer Wolch -- The preservation of nature at the urban fringe / Stephanie Pincetl -- Can growth control escape fiscal and economic pressures? City policy before and after the 1990s recession / Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, William Fulton, and Juliet Musso -- Smart growth or smart growth machine? The smart growth movement and its implications / Elizabeth Gearin -- Living on the edge : growth policy choices for Ventura County / Christine M. Ryan, John P. Wilson, and William Fulton -- The experimental metropolis : political impediments and opportunities for innovation / Mara A. Marks, Elizabeth Gearin, and Carol S. Armstrong.
General note"Published in Association with the Southern California Studies Center of the University of Southern California."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004006607
ISBN0816642974 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816642982 (pb : alk. paper)