Urban Sprawl. / John G. Mitchell.
by Mitchell, John G; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 34Environment. Publisher: National Geographic, 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): City planning | Housing -- Prices | Land use | Population density | Real estate development | Suburban sprawl | Urban-rural migrationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The American dream has long promised life, liberty, and the pursuit of a spacious single-family home in the suburbs (with a pool, even.) But as new generations of home seekers look for breathing room in the burbs and the lands beyond, the dream has been displaced by all too familiar worlds--places plagued by traffic jams, high taxes, and pollution: the irony of urban sprawl." (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) The author discusses the continuous trend of Americans moving to the suburbs and the effects it has on the nation.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Urban Sprawl, July 2001; pp. 48-73.
"The American dream has long promised life, liberty, and the pursuit of a spacious single-family home in the suburbs (with a pool, even.) But as new generations of home seekers look for breathing room in the burbs and the lands beyond, the dream has been displaced by all too familiar worlds--places plagued by traffic jams, high taxes, and pollution: the irony of urban sprawl." (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) The author discusses the continuous trend of Americans moving to the suburbs and the effects it has on the nation.
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