Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-234) and index.
Contents:
An American model of land-use control -- America's housing trademark -- How the system works -- How others do it -- Roots -- American beginnings in comparative perspective -- The formative years of American zoning -- The promises and paradoxes of residential zoning.
Summary:
In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt explores municipal zoning from a comparative and international perspective, drawing on archival resources and contemporary land-use laws from England, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, and Japan to challenge assumptions about American cities and the laws that guide them. -- from back cover.
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