{"product_id":"when-city-and-country-collide-managing-growth-in-the-metropolitan-fringe-9781559635974","title":"When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tom Daniels\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Island Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Island Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning \u0026amp; Urban Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrips of urban and suburban \"fabric\" have extended into the countryside, creating a ragged settlement pattern that blurs the distinction between rural, urban, and suburban. As traditional rural industries like farming, forestry, and mining rapidly give way to residential and commercial development, the land at the edges of developed areas -- the rural-urban fringe -- is becoming the middle landscape between city and countryside that the suburbs once were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen City and Country Collide\u003c\/i\u003e examines the fringe phenomenon and presents a workable approach to fostering more compact development and better, more sustainable communities in those areas. It provides viable alternatives to traditional land use and development practices, and offers a solid framework and rational perspective for wider adoption of growth management techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ereviews growth management techniques and obstacles to growth management \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamines the impact of federal spending programs and regulations on growth management \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epresents a comprehensive planning process for communities and counties \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscusses state-level spending programs and regulations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eillustrates design principles for new development \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elooks at regional planning efforts and regional governments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscusses ways to protect farmland, forestland, and natural areas to help control sprawl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also features a series of case studies -- including Albuquerque, New Mexico; Larimer County, Colorado; Chittenden County, Vermont; and others -- that evaluate the success of efforts to control both the size of the fringe and growth within the fringe. It ends with a discussion of possible futures for fringe areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen City and Country Collide\u003c\/i\u003e is an important guide for planners and students of planning, policymakers, elected officials, and citizens working to minimize sprawl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Island Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892405420183,"sku":"9781559635974","price":4991.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781559635974.webp?v=1781186836","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-city-and-country-collide-managing-growth-in-the-metropolitan-fringe-9781559635974","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}