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100			_aHayden, Dolores
245		2	_aA Field Guide to Sprawl
260			_aNew York _bW. W. Norton & Company _c2006
300			_a128 _c8.1 x 0.6 x 7 inches _rPaperback
504			_aA Field Guide to Sprawl was selected by the urban web site Planetizen for its list of "Top Ten Books in Urban Studies" and by Discover magazine for its list of "Top 20 Books in Science." Features on the book appeared in The New York Times and the Boston Globe. Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among the dozens of zany terms invented by real estate developers and designers today to characterize land-use practices and the physical elements of sprawl. Sprawl in the environment, based on the metaphor of a person spread out, is hard to define. This concise book engages its meaning, explains common building patterns, and illustrates the visual culture of sprawl. Seventy-five stunning color aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of excessive development. This "engagingly organized and splendidly photographed" (Wall Street Journal) book provides the verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape.
650			_aAerial photography
650			_aArchitecture
650			_aLand use planning
650			_aLandscape
650			_aPictorial works
650			_aUrban development
650			_aUrban planning
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