Book Review of "Sprawl: A Compact History"

Cities have always sprawled, according to the conclusions of Robert Bruegmann in the book Sprawl: A Compact History. As populations of nations grow and the old rural areas need fewer workers, cities have to grow, but elites have been opposed as far back as Queen Elizabeth I who tried to limit the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George H. Conklin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina Sociological Association 2007-10-01
Series:Sociation Today
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Online Access:http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v52/urban.htm