Sprawl
The gist of it: Ugly developments, bad buildings, historic teardowns, loss of commuities
“Fighting Sprawl and Restoring Community in America.”
An Address Presented at San Joaquin Valley Town Hall Fresno, California November 20, 1996 by Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Sierra Club’s 1998 report
People and Organizations
Kunstler ([amazonify]0671888250::text::::The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape[/amazonify]
Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck authored [amazonify]0865476063::text::::Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream[/amazonify]
Al Norman’s Sprawl busters
Scenic America — mostly about reudcing or removing billboards
Center for Livable Communities
Regionalism
Groups and Organizations
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)
Sustainable Communities Network
Co-ops like Meadodance
Regional Demographics
Find your own “Best Place”
Claritas appears to have the best: “You Are Where You Live” (enter a ZIP code, get the demographics; results given in cartoons & captions describing the type of people who live there …)
Similar topics: geolocation
Paul Krugman’s essay, “Some Chaotic Thoughts on Regional Dynamics” [google]
Sprawl in Rural Areas
“Churches’ land fight up for vote; Sims seeks to limit rural-area sprawl,” Seattle Times (Feb 2001)
Anti-Globalization
Boudewijn Wegerif’s What Matters
Malthusianism and “Green”
Some critics of “sprawl” are actually critics of “growth,” as well as (in some cases) technology, industrialization, civilization, and even Mankind itself