Urban sprawl : a comprehensive reference guide / edited by David C. Soule ; foreword by Neal Peirce.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Recent emergence of sprawl as an issue in American policy debates / Neal Peirce -- Defining and managing sprawl / David C. Soule -- Historical framework : cities and their regions, suburbanization, and federal policies / David C. Soule -- Legal framework : the laws of sprawl and the laws of smart growth / Jay Wickersham -- Planning framework : a planning framework for managing sprawl / Ralph Willmer -- Economic framework : the economics of sprawl / Zenia Kotval and John Mullin -- Social framework : sprawl, race, and concentrated poverty - changing the "rules of the game" / David Rusk -- Social framework : planning for a civic society - investing in social infrastructure to develop social capital / Meredith Cooper -- Political framework : the politics of sprawl / David C. Soule -- Real estate markets and property law / David C. Soule -- Transportation systems : market choices and fair prices - five years of twin cities research / Curtis Johnson -- Atlanta metropatterns : a regional agenda for community and stability / Myron Orfield -- Shared freedom : a dynamic standard for equity in the sprawl debate / John Moynihan -- The impact of sprawl on the environment and human health / Sarah Gardner -- The cost of sprawl / David C. Soule -- Measuring change : databases, build-out analysis, scenario planning, and models / David C. Soule -- Taking democracy to scale : tools for planning at the speed of change / Ron Thomas -- Sprawl and local government taxation regimes : cause and effect / Ari Breuning, James Hlawek, and David C. Soule -- Immigration : friend or foe / Alexander von Hoffman and David C. Soule -- Governing complexity : the emergence of regional compacts / Douglas Henton, John Melville, and John Parr -- The local arena : changing regulations and standards to address sprawl / Terry Szold -- Greenspace and natural resource preservation / Robert Yaro -- Regional equity and smart growth : opportunities for advancing social and economic justice in America / Angela Glover Blackwell and Radhika K. Fox -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Database resources -- Appendix 2: Web sites for sprawl research -- Appendix 3: Contact information for smart-growth alliances -- Appendix 4: Ahwahnee principles for resource-efficient communities.