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Product Description: This guide provides readers from diverse, nonscientific backgrounds with a working knowledge of how and why exurbanization impacts environmental systems. It includes relevant concepts and processes, and the know-how to apply science to land-use decisions.
By Guy Mcpherson (editor)

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9780387981666, titled "The Planner's Guide to Natural Resource Conservation: The Science of Land Development Beyond the Metropolitan Fringe" | Springer Verlag, June 1, 2009, cover price $169.00 | About this edition: Much of the country’s recent population growth is situated in exurban areas.

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9781489984357, titled "The Planner’s Guide to Natural Resource Conservation: The Science of Land Development Beyond the Metropolitan Fringe" | Springer Verlag, November 26, 2014, cover price $169.00 | About this edition: This guide provides readers from diverse, nonscientific backgrounds with a working knowledge of how and why exurbanization impacts environmental systems.

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By Emily Talen (editor)

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9780071806077 | 2 edition (McGraw-Hill Professional Pub, May 10, 2013), cover price $64.00

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Product Description: Theory and practice in city planning have never been known for their compatibility. The planner, dealing with stresses such as the personalities at work in a board meeting and coping with the realities of fund raising, political realities, and the like, can find little guidance in the theory of the trade...read more
By George Sternlieb (editor)

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9781412848619 | Reprint edition (Rutgers Univ Center for Urban, December 31, 2012), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Theory and practice in city planning have never been known for their compatibility.

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By Lillian K. Moore (editor)

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9781619427495 | Nova Science Pub Inc, July 1, 2012, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Book by

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By Armando Carbonell (editor)

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9781558442153 | Lincoln Inst of Land Policy, April 28, 2011, cover price $35.00

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By Matt Baughman (illustrator) and Alan D. Zimm

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9781612000107 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, March 19, 2011, cover price $32.95

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9781612001975 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, September 30, 2013, cover price $18.95
9780198741176, titled "United States Public Policy: A Geographical View" | Oxford Univ Pr, January 19, 1984, cover price $24.00 | also contains United States Public Policy: A Geographical View

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Product Description: Argues that the United States refuses to address global warming because of the reliance of the American economy on urban sprawl.This far-reaching and penetrating study sheds new light on the role of the United States in global warming...read more

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9780791493892 | State Univ of New York Pr, March 5, 2009, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: This far-reaching and penetrating study sheds new light on the role of the United States in global warming.

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9780791493908 | State Univ of New York Pr, January 1, 2010, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Argues that the United States refuses to address global warming because of the reliance of the American economy on urban sprawl.

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Product Description: "Community Planning" is an introductory textbook that provides a thorough examination of the comprehensive planning process as practiced in the United States today. The authors consider all aspects of the comprehensive plan: its elements, adoption, and implementation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781559635400 | Island Pr, December 1, 1999, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: "Community Planning" is an introductory textbook that provides a thorough examination of the comprehensive planning process as practiced in the United States today.

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By Eugenie L. Birch (editor), Gary Hack (editor), Paul H. Sedway (editor) and Mitchell J. Silver (editor)

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9780873261487 | 1 edition (Intl City County Management Assn, June 15, 2009), cover price $107.00

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Product Description: In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries. This authoritative work focuses on the growing role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems...read more
By David K. Hamilton (editor)

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9780765617682 | M E Sharpe Inc, February 15, 2008, cover price $158.00 | About this edition: In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries.

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9780765617699 | M E Sharpe Inc, March 30, 2008, cover price $47.95 | About this edition: In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries.

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By Neal Peirce (foreword by) and David C. Soule (editor)

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9780803260153 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, November 1, 2007, cover price $29.95

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Product Description: In this thoroughly revised edition of Managing Growth in America's Communities, readers will learn the principles that guide intelligent planning for communities of any size, grasp the major issues in successfully managing growth, and discover what has actually worked in practice (and where and why)...read more

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9781597260060 | 2 edition (Island Pr, November 12, 2007), cover price $75.00 | About this edition: In this thoroughly revised edition of Managing Growth in America’s Communities,  readers will learn the principles that guide intelligent planning for communities of any size, grasp the major issues in successfully managing growth, and discover what has actually worked in practice (and where and why).

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9781597260077 | 2 edition (Island Pr, November 12, 2007), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: In this thoroughly revised edition of Managing Growth in America's Communities, readers will learn the principles that guide intelligent planning for communities of any size, grasp the major issues in successfully managing growth, and discover what has actually worked in practice (and where and why).
9781559634427 | Island Pr, July 1, 1997, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Managing Growth in America's Communities examines regulatory, and programmatic techniques that have been most useful, obstacles to be overcome, and specific strategies that have been instrumental in achieving successful growth management programs.

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Product Description: There are many types and forms of regional government agencies. These include regional planning commissions, council of governments, regional advisory committees, regional allocation agencies, and special purpose regional agencies...read more
By Roger L. Kemp (editor)

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9780786413768 | Reprint edition (McFarland & Co Inc Pub, March 1, 2003), cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Provides an overview of regional government, discusses twenty-five examples of initiatives promoting regional government, and explores the evolving role of regional government agencies.

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9780786431557 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, June 30, 2007, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: There are many types and forms of regional government agencies.

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Product Description: Planetizen's Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning is a fascinating review of major topics and issues discussed in the field of urban planning, assembled by editors at Planetizen, the leading source of news and information for the planning and development community on the web...read more
By Abhijeet Chavan (editor), Christian Peralta (editor) and Christopher Steins (editor)

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9781597261326 | Island Pr, July 6, 2007, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Planetizen's Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning is a fascinating review of major topics and issues discussed in the field of urban planning, assembled by editors at Planetizen, the leading source of news and information for the planning and development community on the web.

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9781597261333 | Island Pr, July 6, 2007, cover price $25.00

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Product Description: Can the United States adopt smart growth policies before it's too late? The United States is in the midst of a crisis of energy consumption and environmental degradation. This crisis is masked by our vibrant economy, high standard of living, and abundant land, but as our population continues to grow and our cities continue to sprawl, the costs of current development policies will become increasingly clear...read more

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9781932364361 | Amer Planning Assn, June 4, 2007, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Can the United States adopt smart growth policies before it's too late?

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Product Description: Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought? How about what lies beneath the neighborhood playground? Was that "big box" retailer down your street built atop a toxic site? Will the warehouse just beyond your backyard be converted into a shopping center, factory, or trucking hub? These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios facing us all as our cities begin a stealth relocation of industrial facilities from the inner city to the urban periphery places Alan Berger has coined "drosscapes...read more

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9781568985725 | Princeton Architectural Pr, April 30, 2006, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought?

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9781568987132 | Princeton Architectural Pr, April 26, 2007, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought?

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Product Description: Giving social scientists and students a solid introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS), this study focuses on some of society's most pressing issues, including growth, pollution, and economic development. By calling upon such high-end analytical tools as Global Positioning System navigation and satellite imagery, GIS can be a critical tool in examining social problems...read more

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9781589481244 | Pap/cdr edition (Esri Pr, January 30, 2006), cover price $64.95 | About this edition: Giving social scientists and students a solid introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS), this study focuses on some of society's most pressing issues, including growth, pollution, and economic development.

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Product Description: Urban sprawl is an occurrence that has gained much national attention in recent years. It is not only an issue of land use, but also a legal, political, and social concern. It affects our schools, the environment, and race relations...read more
By Neil Peirce (foreword by) and David C. Soule (editor)

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9780313320385 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2005, cover price $87.00 | About this edition: Urban sprawl is an occurrence that has gained much national attention in recent years.

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'The product of a multiyear project looking at how government policies shape growth patterns in five metropolitan areas--Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Philadelphia--this book examines how these sunbelt and frostbelt metro areas have tried to use policy reform to address their individual development challenges'--Provided by publisher.

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9780815768104 | Brookings Inst Pr, May 15, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: 'The product of a multiyear project looking at how government policies shape growth patterns in five metropolitan areas--Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Philadelphia--this book examines how these sunbelt and frostbelt metro areas have tried to use policy reform to address their individual development challenges'--Provided by publisher.

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