Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl: The Case for Market Urbanism

by Michael Lewyn

Overview

This book shows how suburban sprawl is at least partially a consequence of government spending and regulation, and suggests anti-sprawl policies that can make government smaller and/or less intrusive.

Thus, the book responds to the widely held view that automobile-dependent suburban development (also known as “suburban sprawl”) is a natural result of the free market and of affluence, and accordingly cannot be altered without massive government regulation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349951482
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/29/2017
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Lewyn is Associate Professor at Touro Law Center in Central Islip, New York, USA, where he teaches property, land use, environmental law and other courses. He has published over four dozen scholarly articles, and blogs regularly at planetizen.com and marketurbanism.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Ch. 1: What Is Sprawl And Why Should We Care About It?
Ch. 2: Sprawl as Where We Grow: Or, How Government Spreads Suburbia
Ch. 3: Sprawl as Where We Grow, Part 2: How Government Prices Americans Out of Cities
Ch. 4: Sprawl As How We Grow, Or, How Government Makes Suburbia Sprawling
Ch. 5: The Criminalization of Walking
Ch. 6: Policy Conclusions: Or, A Short Guide to Market Urbanism