Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation /
Hirt, Sonia,
Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation / Sonia A. Hirt. - x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-234) and index.
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.
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.
9780801453052 0801453054 9780801479878 0801479878
40024490350
2014022378
Land use--Planning--History.--United States
City planning--History.--United States
Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation / Sonia A. Hirt. - x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-234) and index.
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.
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.
9780801453052 0801453054 9780801479878 0801479878
40024490350
2014022378
Land use--Planning--History.--United States
City planning--History.--United States