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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780801479878 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
333.77170973 |
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H4Z6 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hirt, Sonia A. |
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368887 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Zoned in the USA: the origins and implications of American land-use regulation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cornell University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2014 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Ithaca |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 245 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Why are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; and—perhaps most noticeably—a greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences.Hirt shows that rather than being imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American profile. A distinct spatial culture of individualism—founded on an ideal of separate, single-family residences apart from the dirt and turmoil of industrial and agricultural production—has driven much of municipal regulation, defined land-use, and, ultimately, shaped American life. 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.<br/><br/>http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100178220 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Land use - United States - Planning - History |
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City planning - United States - History |
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Architecture - Urban and land use planning |
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Land use - Planning |
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Public policy - City planning and urban development |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book |
