Table of Contents
Foreword 13
Introduction 16
Chapter 1 Is Urban Sprawl a Serious Problem?
Overview: Urban Sprawl in America Haya El Nasser Paul Overberg 21
Yes: Urban Sprawl Is a Serious Problem Urban Sprawl Is a Problem Kevin Klinkenberg 24
Urban Sprawl Drains Cities of Wealth Gregory A. Galluzzo 29
Urban Sprawl and Automobile Dependence Are Bad for Public Health Simon Kuper Pauline Harris 36
No: Urban Sprawl Is Not a Serious Problem
Urban Legends: Why Suburbs, Not Cities, Are the Answer Joel Kotkin 44
Urban Sprawl Simply Reflects the Preferences of Americans Randal O'Toole 55
Urban Sprawl and Automobile Dependence Are Not Problems to Be Solved Robert Bruegmann 62
Chapter 2 Does Urban Sprawl Harm the Environment?
Chapter Preface 75
Yes: Urban Sprawl Harms the Environment
Urban Sprawl Needs to Stop in Order to Preserve Nature Kaid Benfield 77
Urban Density Is Better for the Environment than Sprawl David Owen Jared Green 81
Opposition to Infill Development Promotes Sprawl and Harms the Environment Josh Harkinson 91
Vanishing Farmland: How It's Destabilizing America's Food Supply Bonnie Erbé 98
No: Urban Sprawl Does Not Harm the Environment
Stopping Urban Sprawl Will Not Help the Environment Robert Bruegmann 102
Urban Sprawl Does Not Consume Too Much Agricultural Land Wendell Cox 107
Chapter 3 What Effect Does Urban Sprawl Have on the Economy?
Somewhere to Live: The Economist 113
Material World: How Peak Oil Pricked the Housing Bubble Jason Mark 117
The Next Real Estate Boom Patrick C. Doherty Christopher B. Leinberger 128
Job Sprawl Leads to Poverty in the Suburbs Steven Raphael Michael A. Stall 145
Urban Sprawl Increases the Costs of Government-Subsidized Housing Darby Minow Smith 150
Downtown Urban Development Can Save Cities from Bankruptcy Emily Badger 154
Chapter 4 How Should Urban Sprawl Be Managed?
Overview: Attempts at Managing Sprawl T.A. Frank 160
Big Burdens from Growth Management Randal O'Toole 168
To Rethink Sprawl, Start with Offices Louise A. Mozingo 179
Government Should Not Discourage Suburban Development Wendell Cox 183
Parking Needs to Be Restricted in Order to Limit Urban Sprawl Katharine Mieszkowski 187
Government Should Not Coerce Housing and Transportation Choices Ronald D. Utt 196
Organizations to Contact 203
Bibliography 208
Index 214
