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Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation

Author:Sonia Hirt (Author)

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

Print Book, English, 2014

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Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2014

Genre:History

Physical Description:x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780801453052, 9780801479878, 0801453054, 0801479878

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:879527609

Subjects:

City planning United States History

Land use Planning

Land use United States Planning History

Utilisation du sol États-Unis Planification Histoire

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

More Information:

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