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Author Fodor, Eben, 1956-

Title Better not bigger : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community
Published Gabriola Island : New Society, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Where Are You on the Growth Spectrum?; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter Notes; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index; About the Author
Summary Contrary to accepted wisdom, rapid urban growth can leave communities permanently scarred, deeply in debt, with unaffordable housing, a lost sense of community, and sacrificed environmental quality. In Better NOT Bigger, Fodor explodes the fundamental myth that growth is good for us and that more development will bring in more tax money, add jobs, lower housing costs, and reduce property taxes. Lively and well-illustrated, Better NOT Bigger provides insights, ideas, and tools to empower citizens to switch off their local "growth machine" by debunking the pro-growth rhetoric. Highly accessible t
Subject Architecture.
architecture (discipline)
ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1550923080
9781550923087