Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity

by Robert D. Bullard

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The smart growth movement aims to combat urban and suburban sprawl by promoting livable communities based on pedestrian scale, diverse populations, and mixed land use. But, as this book documents, smart growth has largely failed to address issues of social equity and environmental justice. Smart growth sometimes results in gentrification and displacement of low- and moderate-income families in existing neighborhoods, or transportation policies that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262524708

ISBN13:9780262524704

Release Date:January 2007

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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