Contents

Preface vii

I. Urban Sprawl 1

Editor’s Introduction 3

1) What You Don’t Know About Sprawl. Haya El Nasser and Paul Overberg.
USA Today 5

2) Poor Urban Planning Hinders the Pedestrian. Don Finley.
San Antonio Express-News 14

3) Addressing Urban Sprawl. Olga Bonfiglio. America 20

4) Antidotes to Sprawl Taking Many Forms. Dennis Hevesi. The New York Times 25

II. Trends in Development 33

Editor’s Introduction 35

1) The Traditional Neighborhood and Suburban Sprawl. Andres Duany and
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. Conscious Choice 37

2) The New Neotraditionalists. Deborah K. Dietsch. The Washington Post 42

3) Plan Obsolescence. Rick Henderson and Adrian T. Moore. Reason 48

4) Portland’s Green Peace: At Play in the Fields of Urban Planning.
Jay Walljasper. The Nation 57

5) Anti-Box Rebellion. Jonathan Walters. Governing 63

6) Turning Edge Cities Into Real Cities. Jonathan Barnett. Planning 68

7) Poor Area Heart of Plan: Eyes Are Finally on Overtown. Nicole White.
The Miami Herald 75

III. Transportation Infrastructure 79

Editor’s Introduction 81

1) Gridlock Nation. Joan Lowy. The Record 83

2) Fighting Traffic Congestion with Information Technology. Martin Wachs.
Issues in Science and Technology 87

3) All Aboard. Jane Holtz Kay. Planning 98

4) The Big Dig: What’s Up Under Boston? Robert Campbell. Architectural
Record 105

IV. Housing 111

Editor’s Introduction 113

1) Tearing Down Years of Failure. Olivera Perkins. Plain Dealer 115

2) Public Housing Moves Toward Rich, Poor Together. Ron Scherer.
The Christian Science Monitor 120

3) If Revitalization Can Occur on the Near North Side of Indianapolis, It
Can Occur Anywhere. Chris Palladino. Planning 123

4) Affordable Housing: Who Pays Now? James B. Goodno. Planning 128

V. Revitalizing the Urban Environment 137

Editor’s Introduction 139

1) At the Elite’s Altar. Nicolai Ouroussoff. The Los Angeles Times 141

2) L.A. Rising. Cathleen McGuigan and David Jefferson. Newsweek 147

3) Gardens Top It Off in Portland. Gillian Flaccus. The Los Angeles Times 150

4) At Atlantic Station, Green(space) Is Huge. Janet Frankston.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 153

5) Urban Vision Through Corporate Ayes. Alan Ehrenhalt. Governing 156

6) Mourning and Modernism After 9/11. Casey Nelson Blake. The Nation 160

Appendixes 167

Appendix A: Percent of Persons Who Live in Urban Areas, United States by
State (Census 2000) 169

Appendix B: Percent Change in Total U.S. Population from 1990–2000 by State 170

Appendix C: Percentage Change in Urban Congestion, 1982 to 1997 171

Appendix D: Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP 2000) 172

United States 172

Dallas County, Texas 173

Boston city, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 174

Bibliography 175

Books 177

Web Sites 179

Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts 182

Index 191

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