Authors:
Well-respected authors from Canada and the US
The authors do not shy away from issues that are often left out of the sustainable urbanism conversation, such as the role of immigration
Thoroughly researched and thoughtfully presented
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In this book, urban experts Tomalty and Mallach show how Canada, a country similar to the US in many respects, has fostered healthier urban centers and more energy‑ and resource‑efficient suburban growth. They call for a rethinking of US public policies across those areas and look closely at what may be achievable at federal, state, and local levels in light of both the constraints and opportunities inherent in today’s political systems and economic realities.
As demographic shifts change housing markets and climate change ushers in new ways of looking at settlement patterns, pressure for change in urban policy is growing. More and more policy makers are raising questions about the soundness of policies that squander our investment in urban housing, built environment, and infrastructure while continuing to support expansion of sprawling, auto‑dependent development. Changing these policies is the central challenge facing US cities and metro regions, and those who manage them or plan their future.
Authors and Affiliations
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Montreal, Canada
Ray Tomalty
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Roosevelt, USA
Alan Mallach
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: America's Urban Future
Book Subtitle: Lessons from North of the Border
Authors: Ray Tomalty, Alan Mallach
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-597-7
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Ray Tomalty 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-597-7Published: 27 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 300
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environment, general, Urbanism, Landscape Architecture