Urban sprawl causes, consequences, and policy responses

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban sprawl and the uneven development of metropolitan America / Gregory D. Squires -- The environmental impacts of sprawl / David J. Cieslewicz -- Sprawl, concentration of poverty, and urban inequality / Paul A. Jargowsky -- Sprawl, fragmentation, and the persistence of racial inequality : limiting civil rights by fragmenting space / John Powell -- Transportation, land use, and the impacts of sprawl on poor children and families / Amy Helling -- Encourage, then cope : Washington and the sprawl machine / H. V. Savitch -- Suburban expansion in Atlanta : "the city without limits" faces some / Charles Jaret -- Planning a sustainable city : the promise and performance of Portland's urban growth boundary / Carl Abbott -- Politics and regionalism / Myron Orfield -- Less sprawl, greater equity? : the potential for revenue sharing in the Chicago region / Wim Wiewel, Joseph Persky, and Kimberly Schaffer -- Maryland's "smart growth" : using incentives to combat sprawl / James R. Cohen -- Equity and the future politics of growth / Jeffrey R. Henig.